The root problem of divisiveness in the Subcontinent stems from the arrogant assumption of the contemporary (Aryan) exponents of aggressive Hinduism that they speak for the whole of India.
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The national-level politicians and political parties have failed Nepal, oblivious as they are of cynicism and desperation that is developing countrywide.
The national-level politicians and political parties have
Druk Yul, the Kingdom of Bhutan, is within striking distance of what all South Asian countries want-development But now it has an unsettling refugee problem on its hands.
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These purveyors of the pastoral dream have a hidden neocolonialist agenda. Having achieved the highest levels of development in the West they want to freeze underdeveloped countries in pastoral poverty.
Pakistan has the dubious distinction of being the world´s second-most corrupt nation, after Nigeria, according to the findings of the Berlin-based non¬governmental organisation Transparency International (TI)
The successful conclusion of elections in Bangladesh on 12 June can be credited largely to a constitutional innovation—the provision included by the 13th constitutional amendment earlier this year which
Within India, the image of the United Front government in New Delhi might have begun to tarnish after an all-too-brief honeymoon with the media. But, were a poll
Killer words have a place in the lexicon of states. Their use can devastate societies.
Nations and states are talked into existence, and kept alive by words. Listening to such
The common string that binds all ´South Asian economies is the ever-menacing problem of fiscal deficit. The region´s finance ministers always have a difficult time presenting deficit budgets,
First Nepal, then India and now likely Bangladesh—hung parliaments have become a South Asian phenomenon. Stable party governments are becoming rare as parties with different ideologies and values compromise
Whenever Pakistani NGO people have a chance to mingle with fellow Subcontinental, one question always comes up. Why are Pakistani NGOs so passive and mute about the effects of International
Even though, culturally, Burma has more in common with the countries of Southeast Asia, it does not make sense for Rangoon to turn its back on South Asia.
Despite global
