Right from the beginning, they said I was bound to have a career in photography – reporting from Balochistan, understudy for Raghu Rai, doing portraiture of Bollywood stars. You're
Polls are a celebration of democracy, particularly so because they decide the fate of governments, which affect the day-to-day lives of ordinary people. National parliamentary elections are about
Around this time last year, the political climate across Southasia looked grim. In Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto had just returned after years in exile, and had been greeted with bomb explosions
Ho hum. The end of another year, and another press freedom report is released. And, yet again, the 2008 Reporters without Borders certainly paints a gloomy picture of the region.
A People's Movement, now, for Pakistan
With Pervez Musharraf's legitimacy and support base crumbling, Pakistan's parties in the opposition plan a concerted attempt to
The State shall take steps to organise village panchayats and endow them with such powers and authority as may be necessary to enable them to function as units of self-
The late-November release of the Rajinder Sachar Committee report, which found that India's Muslims have been systematically excluded from state institutions (save for the dubious privilege of
Nandita Das
Nandita Das is a fine actor of Hindi (and Marathi, and some other 'regional') cinema, known for her down-home, dhoti-clad, rural/urban, lower-middle-
In Heer Ranjha, the popular tragic romance of Punjab, Ranjha leaves his worldly belongings behind and sets off to join his lover Heer. He tries to spend the night at
The report of the Expert Panel appointed by President Mahinda Rajapakse to advise the All Party Conference on a political solution to the conflict in Sri Lanka is in deep
Even as Crown Prince Wangchuk was being proclaimed king in Thimphu after the abdication of his father Jigme Singye Wangchuk, in Kathmandu the Bhutani human rights activist Tek Nath Rizal
It is more fun wathcing cricket, Bangladesh thrashes Zimbabwe 5-0. There is much good news to celebrate in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus's Nobel Prize has greatly restored a
