Secret and Confidential
India. Pakistan. Bangladesh
Documents 1965-1973
Indroduced by Jamsheed Marker
A Sufi shrine in South India revered by Hindus and Muslims alike has been a symbol of tolerance. But all that may change if a plan to turn it into a Hindu-only temple goes ahead.
Nepalis working abroad earn more hard currency for their home country than all exports, tourism and foreign aid put together.
Most articles on Nepal by foreign correspondents would begin: "
The flight of Urgyen Trinley Dorje in early January from the Tsurphu monastery outside Lhasa, dodging Chinese border guards and braving the icy Himalayan winter was nothing short of miraculous.
To a Bangladeshi associated with the history of his country´s birth, the documents presented in the pages that follow evoke a strange feeling. They are like reading about the
Rohit's eyes were open but he wasn't seeing much: a haze of trees, a block of buildings blurred in the yellow-blue hues of dawn: Kathmandu.
The surrender of a professional murderer is bad news for several Bangladeshi police officers and politicians.
He has possibly killed more people than any other pro fessional criminal in Bangladesh.
a short story
The body lay in a heap on the floor. Policemen swarmed all about the room. Rasheeda sat, body slightly bowed, poker-faced, her thin silvery hair twisted
