Himal Southasian (Page 439)

TIME TO WOO THE MINORITIES

Pakistan´s Electoral Reforms Committee has submitted a report that proposes a major change in the polling system. It would restore the right of dual vote to the country´s

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

Mongolia’s Mahayana Mania

While Chinghis Khan looks down from his newly-burnished pedestal, a Buddhist renaissance gains momentum on the steppes of Mongolia. A gathering of almost 2 percent of a country´s

By Prabhu Ghate

/ 1 Apr 1996

DO YOU BELONG HERE, ABIMAEL?

Tourist brochures proclaim Nepal as a peaceful haven where there is communal harmony and (in subscript) none of the violence that racks different parts of the Subcontinent. But those who

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

Temples of the Salt Range

LONG BEFORE the Pathan general, Sher Shah Suri, built inns and mail stations along what has come to be known as the Grand Trunk Road, there was a network of

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

Roundup of regional news

Cleaner Air in Kathmandu WHAT IS MADE in India, is powered by Bangladeshi batteries, charged with Nepali electricity, and runs on us-made DC motors? Answer: Kathmandu´s electric three-

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

PUSHPAKS TO DAKOTAS

While some of you might have heard stories of a flying machine known as pushpak biman flying the Subcontinental skies in ancient times (Ram, Sita and Laxman are said to

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

Two months ago, the Hawala took politicians by surprise in India and raised certain fundamental questions regarding the incestuous association between national-level politicians and the businessmen who have been

By Sujeev Shakya

/ 1 Apr 1996

Liberalisation Only in Name

After more than four decades of following the socialist and mixed economy models, India´s political economy entered uncharted waters after the country reached the edge of bankruptcy in 1991.

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

Believing the Economic Survey 1995-96

The SAARCONOMY section contains a short commentary on regional economic issues or trends, as well as basic financial statistics from five countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation

By Mukul

/ 1 Apr 1996

His Holiness the Ambassador

A Ladahhi Tibetan-Buddhist monk serving as Indian Ambassador to Mongolia. Since Ambassador Plenipotentiary Kushok G. Bakula Rimpoche became the Indian envoy in 1990, he has played a central role

By Martijn van Beek

/ 1 Apr 1996

Tidbits of the region’s media

How should a tiny South Asian state look upon a giant neighbour? Well, in the newly globalised world, as a marketing opportunity. King Jigme Singye Wangchuk said so. Already, Drukyul

By The Editors

/ 1 Apr 1996

Revolution to Devolution

Amidst all the chaos of political violence, Sri Lanka is engaged in fashioning a workable system of regional self-government which will interest the other South Asians. dev.o.lu.

By Neelan Tiruchelvam

/ 1 Apr 1996