In the northern Bangladesh district of Kurigram, disaster had struck in late July 2002. Hundreds of kilometres to the west, in Rajasthan, drought stalked the land, but northern Bangladesh was
GEORGE W Bush is no longer friends with German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder ever since the latter, who has just been narrowly re-elected, had the gall to oppose military action
The outcome of the first round of peace talks in Thailand between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) was better than anticipated. While
Fish and whales both evolved remarkably similar swimming devices (in the form of their shapes and the arrangements of their fins) even though their nearest common relative could not swim.
The first meeting of Asian Social Movements took place against a background of what is shaping up as the worst crisis of global capitalism since the Great Depression 70 years
Some years back, Oman made an unusual request to India. The oil-rich West Asian country was interested in acquiring four pure-bred animals of the Tharparkar cattle breed found
The dates for the peace talks in Thailand between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) have been fixed for 16-18 September, according to a statement issued
The words of Jigar Muradabadi can perhaps best summarise the loss of Kaifi: "Jaan ke min jumlaye khasane maikhana mujhe / Muddaton roya karenge jaam-o-paimana mujhe".
Kaifi
An ancient outpost of the Hindu world is under threat from banal conformity, and the traditional Legong of Bali is simply turning into background music. The tourists are gone, but
On 26 December 2001, a woman and her 13-yearold daughter were allegedly attacked and gang-raped by eight young men from Sovima village near Dimapur, the cultural capital of
The Subcontinent's inheritance of traditional knowledge and methods is safe. Think again.
Thirty years after developing countries were first made to believe that their economic interests were perfectly
As the tiger begins to change its stripes, it must grapple with the shifting terrain of the jungle. The Sri Lankan Dalit movement has been subjugated by the larger cause of Tamil nationalism all these years. It is time for its revival.
