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
Can you name a sport that does not require any form of equipment, yet requires a tremendous amount of teamwork? Kabaddi fulfills both criteria and, increasingly, more countries are taking
Twenty-three Pakistani sailors with little food and fuel have been adrift in the Gulf of Mexico since November. After the ship´s owners, Karachi´s Tri-Star Shipping Lines,
A Nepali delegate observes a rare get together of Indians and Pakistanis in Peshawar.
The sight at the Atari-Wagah border between the Indian and Pakistani Punjabs was unusual. Pakistani