Bangladesh Artists Visit Pakistan
SOON AFTER A contingent of retired Indian army officers and their wives returned after a goodwill visit of Pakistan, it was time for cultural visitors from
Thimphu houses do not sport rooftop antennas, but the video parlours stock enough options.
It is Saturday night in Thimphu and in this quiet town without bars, clubs or night
When the disenfranchised of the world see that they, too, can be bold and beautiful, a positive self-image is created.
Switch on cable television in Tansen, a small town
Some call him a pirate, others say he is just a shrewd businessman. He has made money by plucking satellite programmes off the satellite channels.
Nahil Wijesuriya, a 51-year-
Most Pakistanis understand Hindi, and so they watch Zee TV. What to do? Some say better this than the state-run propagandist medium bequeathed by Gen Zia-ul Haq.
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South Asia is hooked on satellite television and what it gets is an eyeful. But there's nobody looking out for the public interest as commercial channels swamp the
Powerless in Sri Lanka
May 1996
Social Engineering by the Clock
In late May, Sri Lanka decided to adjust its clock forward by one hour from midnight in late May
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
