It was never going to be easy to bring a violent insurgency into open politics. The immediate challenge in Nepal, which is engaged in such an experiment, is finding a
At the end of June, as Bombay anxiously scanned the skies for evidence of the monsoons, the metropolis was drenched by a cloudburst of self-righteous indignation. Evidently irked by
'Terrorism' is not a term to be used lightly. The horrific blasts in Bombay on 11 July, which left almost 200 train commuters dead and several hundred more
Without anyone really noticing, some time during the 1980s Bangladesh stopped being regarded as an international basket-case. This was an appellation that had also coloured the vision of its
The ‘informal’ sector in India actually comprises 93 percent of the country’s workforce, 40 percent of whom are women. As the Self Employed Women’s Association has discovered, such overwhelming numbers are sure to offer significant opportunities – and frighten the establishment.
With Pervez Musharraf's legitimacy and support base crumbling, Pakistan's parties in the opposition plan a concerted attempt to restore democracy. A People's Movement is
I grew up with indistinct ideas of what constituted a frontier, vague notions that, in retrospect, were entirely appropriate given the amorphous nature of the subject. In my hometown of
I have been in numerous awkward, potentially perilous positions before. But this one beat them all. There I was: flat on my back, the marbled floor cold against my skin,
