Since early 1993, Patna had been asking an unsympathetic central government for help in curbing the water appetite of upstream states. But even as talks were going on, Delhi. with
Bihar Inspector General of Police Ramchandra Khan is an unusual cop. He feels passionately about the Kosi River, and decades of bad plans to constrict its flow. Inspector Khan understands
One of the great uncertainties about building high dams in the Himalaya for hydropower and flood control is the threat that they would pose to the plains in the event
By the time the Ganga winds its way across the north Indian plains and enters Bangladesh in the dry season, there isn't much water left in it. In
It is five months since the monsoon ended, but parts of northern Bihar are still under water. The embankments that are supposed to control floods, trap the water instead. When
Following in the footsteps of Seven Years in Tibet and Kundun, the latest offering for Himalayan buffs is none other than Everest, the movie. This film, however, is one Himalayan
States, Citizens and Outsiders: The Uprooted Peoples of South Asia
edited by Tapan Bose and Rita Manchanda
South Asia Forum for Human Rights.
Kathmandu, 1997
India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium
by A.P.J. Abdul Kalam with Y.R. Rajan
Penguin Books, New Delhi, 1998
pp xvi+312, INR 395
