A substantial amount of water has flowed down the Hooghly since the days when Sir William Carey and Panchanan Karmakar developed the first Bengali font. A burst of creativity at
The first step in making computers work for South Asia is to make the computers print out the letters of the local language. It's not as easy as
There is an ufolding technological tragedy in the Subcontinent which has its source in our inability to use new information technology because of the language barrier. This retards social and
Four years after the "plague", this Indian city is cleaner. But is it healthier?
This is a new-leaf story. Well, almost. Of how a dirty city that
Anger in anti-dam writings often act as mental blocks.
Some time ago, the editor of Himal invited me to write a piece giving my reactions to the articles, reports
South Asia needs good dams, not useless debate on big darns or small.
Water has played a central role in ensuring human survival and progress over the 5000 years of
The World Bank and Big Business no longer seem capable of fighting the Dam Busters. So, this may be the beginning of the end…
In April 1997, there was a
