Himal Southasian (Page 428)

Hello, Mr. Gujral…

The turn of events that brought the Pakistan-born Inder Kumar Gujral to the seat of Prime Minister augurs well for India and South Asia. Without a political base of

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

New media and the social purdah

So, President Bill Clinton of the United States in all likelihood did invite Paula Jones to come into his office and in all likelihood did demand oral sex from her.

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997

Northeastern Sources

India´s Northeast Resurgent Ethnicity, Insurgency, Governance and Development by B.G. Verghese Konark Publishers, Delhi, 1996 475 pages. This book is a product of some sustained thinking, if not

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 Mar 1997

A Mixed Bag for 1997

Sri Lanka's economy in 1996 was pounded by soaring defence spending, power cuts and political unrest. Why, then, are the planners bullish about the coming year. Planners in

By Mohan Samarasinghe

/ 1 Mar 1997

Wilting of the People’s Party of Pakistan

At the time of Independence, the political and social elites of Pakistan came from Hindu- and Sikh-dominated urban centres of Punjab, while Muslim politics was dominated by rural feudals,

By Manzur Ejaz

/ 1 Mar 1997

Tamils and Lhotshampas

The case of "up-country Tamils" of Sri Lanka, highlighted in a recent article in The Hindu by V. Suryanarayan of the University of Madras, suggests some interesting

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997

The fifty-year test

Two score and ten years ago, India´s founding fathers gave the country a parliamentary democracy with a fine system of checks and balances. Half a century into freedom and

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997

Sins of statecraft

The Spring of 1990 ushered democracy to Nepal and with it the hope for the achievement of a more just society created by upright leaders commanding popular respect. Half a

By Dipak Gyawali

/ 1 Mar 1997

Will the state wither away?

Human history is replete with examples of ruling classes that went on the destructive course and are not traceable now in the graveyard of history. The discussion on failing states

By Manzur Ejaz

/ 1 Mar 1997

Monitoring the Monitors

For the last few years, every general election in a South Asian country has seen a group of individuals from the region fly off to monitor the polls. The South

By Sasanka Perera

/ 1 Mar 1997

Round-up of regional news

Indian Pakistani Bhai Bhai (at least with this group) A hundred and sixty-seven Pakistanis arrived in Calcutta in late December for the Third Joint Convention of Pakistan-India People´

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997

“Ours is certainly a democratic system…”

Maumoon Abdul Gayoom rules his atoll nation with a firm hand, but has been credited with bringing unprecedented prosperity to his 250,000 subjects. Today, the Maldives has the best

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997