Ten years ago, on 14 May 1987, Lt Col Sitiveni Rabuka stormed the Fijian Parliament with his troops, arrested the entire Indian-dominated Cabinet and declared himself leader of a
Fans of Sursudha and their music attended their recent "peace concert" in the Lanka Oberoi with some anticipation. It was also an occasion where the group was to
CONCERT REVIEW
After weeks of hype on television and radio, rapturous applause greeted the Colonial Cousins as they walked on to the big square stage in the middle of the
Arundhati Roy’s 'The God of Small Things' exposes the limits of Western criticism that flattens Southasian literature into exoticism, moral lessons or comparisons to Rushdie – exposing, too, the gaps in understanding between Southasians themselves
Nostalgia, either for old-fashioned movie romance or for Michael Ondaatje's writing, has obscured the real tragedy of The English Patient: that it took an arresting, original story
The cinema of the Indian Northeast has been said to be a cinema of underdevelopment. Since the economy of this region is not going anywhere, it is natural to expect
India´s Northeast Resurgent
Ethnicity, Insurgency, Governance and Development
by B.G. Verghese
Konark Publishers, Delhi, 1996
475 pages.
This book is a product of some sustained thinking, if not
Colombo has been a traditional friend and New Delhi a friend in need of this strategic yet vulnerable republic, the smallest member of SAARC.
There is no record of when
Wonders of the Karakorum
by Pervez A. Khan
Ferozsons, Rawalpindi, 1996
160 pages, 87 colour plates, 2 maps
While climbing in the Siachen Glacier, in the eastern Karakoram, I have
