Himal Southasian (Page 429)

On His Holiness’ Secret Service

Himal South Asia had presented a report in its September edition on the accusations and counter-accusations between the Dalai Lama ´camp´ and the Shugden Supporters Community (SSC), a Buddhist

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1997

Austral(south)Asians

Australia is regarded as a country of "milk and honey" by South Asians, and a large contingent of qualified Indians, Sri Lankans, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, Afghans and Nepalis have

By Kalinga Seneviratne

/ 1 Jan 1997

Rickshaw and Prejudice

The rickshaw of Bangladesh, poorly designed and manned by the underclass, plays an important role in propping up the national economy. Its neglect by government officials and researchers can only

By Robert Gallagher

/ 1 Jan 1997

Dead Gurus Don’t Kick Ass

A Season in Heaven: True Tales from the Road to Kathmandu by David Tomory Harper Collins, London, 1996 pp 237, GBP 4.95 ISBN 1 85538 444 2 This entertaining

By Bill Aitken

/ 1 Jan 1997

Dove He Was Not

My South Block Years: Memoirs of a Foreign Secretary J.N. Dixit UBS Publishers and Distributors, Delhi, 1996 INR 395, ISBN 81 7476 132 2 Indira Gandhi listened attentively as

By John Rettie

/ 1 Jan 1997

Cloth Merchant Who Knows His Ropes

Harish Kapadia, as his name suggests, is a kapada merchant. Sitting crosslegged in his shop, M/s Ramdas Bhagwandas, from noon till about ten at night, he sells cloth. Stacks

By Kanak Mani Dixit

/ 1 Jan 1997

Regionalism Washed Away

An important element which was included in the 1977 agreement, and a point that has come up again and again in the Indo-Bangla water talks, was the need for

By Ajaya Dixit

/ 1 Jan 1997

Transit for Water

India´s proposal for allowing more dry seasonal flow of the Ganga into Bangladesh in exchange for gaining the right of transit to reach the Northeast from the Indian mainland

By Monirul Qader Mirza

/ 1 Jan 1997

Who’s Afraid of Farakka’s Accord?

Who ´won´ and who ´lost´ in December´s Indo-Bangla agreement on sharing the waters of the Ganga? The answer is hard to find in the complicated calculations that appear to have gone into the treaty. However, we will know soon enough, as the driest months up ahead reduce the river´s flow at Farakka´s

By Ajaya Dixit and Monirul Qader Mirza

/ 1 Jan 1997

Condemned to Repeat History

In every case, selfstyled prophets of change in Pakistan have failed to deliver on their promises. In the wee hours of the night of 5 November 1996, Pakistan´s President

By Add Najarn

/ 1 Jan 1997

Viva Rickshaw

A clean, green, healthy Dhaka will happen with regulation of the internal combustion engine, not by condemning pedal-power. Let us get one thing straight. Rick shaws came first. Cars

By Eddie Woo Guo

/ 1 Jan 1997

East India, Inc.

The Americans want to mix oil and water. American business is eyeing gas reserves of Bangladesh and the Indian Northeast, but have they studied the history of East South Asia?

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 Jan 1997