South Asian countries have allowed private airlines to fly domestic routes, but the winds of liberalisation have not yet wafted over the region's international carriers. It is still
B.G.Verghese, journalist and former editor of The Hindustan Times and Indian Express, has for the better part of the last decade, been studying the use of water for
KATHMANDU — The world of refugeedom tends to be divided between political exiles and economic migrants, even though the dividing line between the two is often blurred. However, there is one
KATHMANDU – Six o´clock in the morning, the famous Kathmandu fog still covers the citystreets as Amar Thapa heaves the shutters of his popular kiosk at Putalisadak.
Outside, there are
A cantonment mentality, and fear of India keep the Pakistan military´s coffers full
Two years ago, when India´s former Chief of Army Staff General K. Sunderji met with
Afghanistan´s child mortality rate is second from the bottom, only Sierra Leone´s is worse. A Nepali woman is more likely to die at childbirth than a woman in
In the days following independence from the British, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was truly an island of serendipity, deserving the name of Serendib that had been bestowed upon it by
As squabbling politicians paralyse the country, will popular demand bring the army out of the barracks?
For a company that once ousted both the party presently in power as well
Nepal has not fought a war since 1856. Of course, as Gurkhas (Gorkhas), hill people from Nepal have fought and died in other peoples´ wars. But, it has been a
South Asia is just not prepared to enter the 21st century. It does not invest enough in its people.
The rest of the world is heading towards peace and prosperity,
We South Asians are in the horns of a conundrum. Our society thrives in contradiction, and this subject deserves a chhota dekko.
Here we have a rich and vibrant culture
I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever-approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the suffering of millions, and yet,
