Like any feeling that is nurtured for too long, antipathy can assume an involuntary behaviour pattern.
Among Homo sapiens, who now number 5.7 billion, about one-fifth are South
The political abuse of history in India and Pakistan is fostering entire generations that are conditioned to regard each other as the enemy.
India´s Evil Designs Against Pakistan."
Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto´s government may have bludgeoned Karachi into submission, but independent observers are asking whether the apparent peace is here to stay.
It is true that the
The beginning of June in India saw the beginning of a unique experiment: for the first time in its history, a broad-based 13-party coalition of disparate elements took
Cheap power was touted as the prime attraction of Sri Lanka´s brave adventure to liberalise its economy 20 years ago when the country became the first South Asian to
"Hindu and Muslim" is an occasional column which reflects on the Hindu-Muslim schism, its origins and ramifications. The writer of this instalment is a Karachi-based educationist
Some of the more promising election-time pitches in the SAARC countries are linked to the matter of 'bad neighbour' rather than domestic issues. In India, the Bharatiya
MR NICE GUY Who was the most written-about man in the Southern Hemisphere for a couple of weeks in May 1990? Why, Atal Bihari Vaj- payee, of course. All
A war weary population has demonstrated a determination to stand up to LTTE
President Chandrika Kumaratunga chose her words carefully when she told a Colombo May Day rally that Sri
Twice, the Sri Lankan state crushed the JVP movement and preoccupied itself with the Tamil war in the north and east. In the south, conditions which gave rise to the
How can it be proper that Bombay (its men and economy) takes maximum advantage of poor women driven to prostitution and then dump them as soon as they are seen
Repressive social norms and traditions continue to stand in the way of Pakistani women´s rights and liberties, even those guaranteed by the Constitution. And when narrow-minded interpretations of
