Himal Southasian (Page 436)

“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

Burma, ASEAN and SAARC

Even though, culturally, Burma has more in common with the countries of Southeast Asia, it does not make sense for Rangoon to turn its back on South Asia. Despite global

By Soe Myint

/ 1 Jun 1996

South Asian Theatre of the Absurd

Like any feeling that is nurtured for too long, antipathy can assume an involuntary behaviour pattern. Among Homo sapiens, who now number 5.7 billion, about one-fifth are South

By Iqbal Jafar

/ 1 Jun 1996