A few weeks ago, in the northern Assam town of Tezpur, a small group gathered in the elegant drawing room of the Goswamis, a prominent doctor couple, sipping drinks and
Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure
by Frederick Lenz
St. Martin's Press
Surfing the Himalayas: A Spiritual Adventure
Pakistani film-makers continue to revel in mediocrity. Rumours about a revival of the Urdu cinema are greatly exaggerated.
If Indians travelling abroad repeatedly find themselves in situations where they
China favours Chinese-speakers, India does not allow dual nationality, and Britain would rather they stayed away. Ethnic Indians of Hong Kong are beginning to feel like castaways.
There are
Among South Asian countries, there is some anxiety about a possible Bharatiya Janata Party victory in the upcoming Indian elections. Surprisingly, BJP pragmatists might live and let live.
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History, climate, and the Bengali way of doing things conspire against a Bangladeshi presence in World Cup cricket.
More than a billion eyes are now glued on the Subcontinent, with
YADONG – China and India have been in almost continuous dialogue for the past three years on de-escalating tension along the disputed frontiers in the Indian Northeast and Ladakh. They
DHAKA – "Nobody visits Bangladesh, not even Bangladeshis," is a common refrain. Bangladesh has the dubious honour of being the only South Asian country not mentioned in any serious
BIRATNAGAR – Both the Kosi Project and the Sunsan Morang Irrigation Project (SMIP) take water from the Kosi river as it descends to the plains from the eastern Nepal hills, but
WAGAH – Midway between the two great cities of the Punjab, Amritsar and Lahore, lies the border crossing of Wagah, which is open only to foreign nationals. Indians and Pakistanis have
