Himal Southasian (Page 434)

THE ROT AT THE TOP

Pakistan has the dubious distinction of being the world´s second-most corrupt nation, after Nigeria, according to the findings of the Berlin-based non¬governmental organisation Transparency International (TI)

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

EXPERIMENTS WITH CARETAKER

The successful conclusion of elections in Bangladesh on 12 June can be credited largely to a constitutional innovation—the provision included by the 13th constitutional amendment earlier this year which

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

“LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR”

Within India, the image of the United Front government in New Delhi might have begun to tarnish after an all-too-brief honeymoon with the media. But, were a poll

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

TORNADO TALES

A TRAIL OF TRAGEDY It came without warning. Ferocious and violent. It lasted for just a few very terrifying minutes…and then it was gone. The unreal calm that followed

By Deepa Grover

/ 1 Jul 1996

A state and its death sentences

Killer words have a place in the lexicon of states. Their use can devastate societies. Nations and states are talked into existence, and kept alive by words. Listening to such

By Zia Mian

/ 1 Jul 1996

Surplus of Deficit

The common string that binds all ´South Asian economies is the ever-menacing problem of fiscal deficit. The region´s finance ministers always have a difficult time presenting deficit budgets,

By Sujeev Shakya

/ 1 Jul 1996

Friend or Foe on the television Screen?

There is something that holds today´s children apart from the previous generation. At the click of a switch, they have access to a mind-boggling array of programmes on

By Bindia Loomba Thapar

/ 1 Jun 1996

Of Hung Parliaments and Hanging Reforms

First Nepal, then India and now likely Bangladesh—hung parliaments have become a South Asian phenomenon. Stable party governments are becoming rare as parties with different ideologies and values compromise

By Sujeev Shakya

/ 1 Jun 1996

In Pakistan, the Social Clause is Finally an Issue

Whenever Pakistani NGO people have a chance to mingle with fellow Subcontinental, one question always comes up. Why are Pakistani NGOs so passive and mute about the effects of International

By Farjad Nabi

/ 1 Jun 1996

Incomplete Revolution

The Challenge to Democracy in Nepal: A Political History by T Louise Brown Routledge, London and New York, 1996 239 pages, £ 40

By S.D. Muni

/ 1 Jun 1996

Native Informant on the Veiled Life

Letters to Emily: Glimpses of Life from Inside and Outside the Haveli by Shireen Nana nee Mirza Kifayat Academy, Karachi, 1994 and 1996 125 pages

By Firdous Azim

/ 1 Jun 1996

Sarong Revolution

The sarong is no longer in purdah in Sri Lanka. For Anglicised Sri Lankan men, who comprise the majority of the country´s professional, business, social and political elite, the

By Manik de Silva

/ 1 Jun 1996