Afghans have known nothing but awar for the past 17 years. They have always been afraid—afraid of the Afghan secret police, of the Soviets, of the mujahideen, of land
It is not even a state secret; Nepal has the worst television in all South Asia. Nepal Television (NTV), the state-owned broadcasting monopoly doles out such stale fare that,
by Sevanti Ninan
Penguin Books India, New Delhi
Since the satellites began bearing down on the Subcontinent, television has displaced many household activities, 'notably sleeping', says the author
So far so good. Where will the satellite programmers go from here?
THESE DAYS, it is fashionable in Pakistan, as it is elsewhere, to malign satellite television. Given the daily
Maliha is 19 years old, a child of war. She has known little but sorrow, pain and fear. Three years ago, a rocket landed on her family´s house in
How is it that one of the largest-ever embezzlement scams in India, involving unimaginable crones of rupees, occurs in its poorest state?
In India, the judiciary struck once in
