If observers have been concerned about the squabbling parties and the resultant political downturn in Nepal, take a look at its economy. With the financial year coming to a close
If one does not count the Indo-Pakistan land border, which has to have its own solutions, the problem of closed terrestrial crossings may be resolving itself elsewhere in South
SAARC summits and the high level meetings leading up to them are long-drawn out affairs. Three consecutive two-day meetings of the heads of SAARC divisions in the foreign
In the macho military logic of Subcontinental hawks, any talk of even a freezing of defence budgets is treason. Our pampered generals know that their privileged lifestyles are threatened by
An adult woman, well-educated by Pakistani standards, left her parents declaring that she wished to live with the man she had quietly married. For reasons of security, the woman,
From Karakoram to Everest
There are many ways to celebrate a jubilee year and one of them is to go climb Everest. A group of Pakistani mountaineers are on the
One cannot really be sure as to what would have happened if the demand for political autonomy in Bangladesh´s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) had been taken up in the
The Dalai Lama´s welcome in Taiwan represents an economically comfortable Chinese population seeking some spiritual sustenance.
The Dalai Lama´s trip to Taiwan gives an inkling of the future,
Expectations were high in Bangladesh when the newly-signed Farakka Treaty came into effect on 1 January 1997. Bangladeshis swung into action to take advantage of the additional flows as
Seven years is not a long time in a country´s political history. But during this period Nepal has seen unfettered political promiscuity.
It is, to some, a horrific reflection
Indo-Pakistan relations have always had to contend with hiccups, but what the Congress party did by pulling the rug from under the United Front government of H.D. Deve
