Sino-Indian differences, one would have thought till just a few moments ago, were being successfully managed, and the Chinese dragon was said to have been virtually dormant as far
How should South Asia deal with a China which believes in its destiny to be the predominant Asian power.
The dramatic event of India's conducting nuclear tests on
China opposes Indian hegemony in South Asia, but realises its own limits.
Two basic facts stand out when looking at the perceptions South Asian countries have about China. The first
Everything was in place for the final selection of "Miss Beautiful Bangladesh" at the end of April when the Awami League government decided to step in. Organised by
Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
by Kiran Desai
Viking Penguin India, New Delhi, 1998
209 pp
It was Trinidad-born VS. Naipaul who had famously described the India he visited as "an area of darkness". And, when his younger brother, novelist Shiva Naipaul, travelled
