Early in March, Bhutan's Planning Commission Secretariat brought together some 30 policy makers, 'thinkers', government officials and donors at a conference on Gross National Happiness (GNH)
It is a rare occasion when the Kathmandu government can be roused to strong action in its dealings with Thimphu on the issue of Bhutanese refugees who started streaming into
D.B.S. Jeyarai examines the phases of a bestial war fought under the banners of beasts, and concludes that it will have to run its fearful and self-destructive
Pakistan's fiercely independent Pakhtun tribals become sacrificial lambs for Shariat.
Malakand's Islam is no different from the one being practised by the Taliban in Afghanistan,"
Tibet is being cloned in a tiny part of South India
A strong winter noonday sun, a disciplined sea of bowing monks in red, and policemen everywhere. Then amidst the
It was with a bit of fanfare that the Indian government-owned General Insurance Company (GIC) announced its Rajrajeshwari Women Welfare Insurance Scheme on 17 March. This was an insurance
Powerful officials walk warily down the corridors of the North and South Blocks, alert for ambushes by monkeys.
Thousands of homeless monkeys have been living for decades in or around
Sasanka Perera says the conflicts of the last two decades will leave a long legacy of political violence.
Over the last two decades, Sri Lanka's traditions of civil
