Normally, when two Washington bulwarks spend more than USD 2 million for an authorised history, publication is marked by a bang, not a whimper. That´s why people in the
Bangalore's loss is Hyderabad's gain.
Bangalore developed rapidly through the early 1990s as the software and computer capital of India. It is now equally quickly losing
The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based organisation founded in 1981 and backed by heavyweights of American journalism, has been keeping public tabs on the effects of this
The periphery is now in demand, and the Baltis have got ideas.cr
Billed a primitive place, unchanged, isolated, remote, with the greatest concen tration of high mountain peaks in
A real dam in Pakistan
Dams are no stuff of fantasia. Between the charged debates for and against high dams (Himal, March 1998), they continue to be built and are
Not accepted within the fold of Pakistan, activists formulate a nationalist political ideology relying on the `mountain-ness' of the Northern Areas.
Come to Balawaristan! Experience the mystic serenity
When Saturn moved to the house of Aries after 30 years at 1.27 pm on 17 April 1998, some politicians from both the ruling and opposition parties in Sri
Surprise is what George Fernandes is all about. The maverick socialist, with several causes to uphold, was expected to remain outside the Bharatiya Janata party-led coalition ministry when Atal
On 13 April, the holy northern Indian town of Haridwar saw a Puma Maha Kumbh, a gigantic religious mela of a crore devotees crowding to take a dip in the
While the forces of globalisation may be Westernising other Himalayan tourist hubs like Kathmandu, Leh and Dharamsala, they are helping to shape a new identity in Baltistan.
