The tragedy in the northern-western quarter of South Asia came closer to being converted into a catastrophe for all of South Asia during the month of May. For, let us
For sure, women are exploited, overworked and underappreciated in Nepal, as perhaps everywhere. But in one instance at least, women have the freedom to flaunt their intellect in public and
The terror in Gujarat is a South Asian calamity. It is also a reminder of the calamities of the past and a forewarning of manmade disasters ahead. The restraints of
There is one reason why the human species as a whole, and South Asia in particular, is slowly losing its mooring and hold on reality. We no longer squat.
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At the India International Centre by the Lodhi tombs in New Delhi, the watering hole of India's, and now South Asia's, diplo-academic elite, workshops are held
THE HIMAL ROUNDTABLE ON RE-CONCEPTUALISING SOUTH ASIA (18-19 NOVEMBER 2001)
Why do the people of South Asia, who constitute more than one-fifth of all humanity, remain so overwhelmingly, materially poor?
So they're going to cover the Taj Mahal in a bed sheet. Good move. It shows there are some people in the political leadership of the north Indian
Call this the double standards decade, or century, or millennium. Or call it an unrecognizable transformation of regional geo-politics post-11 September. For decades, India spoke loftily from the United Nations
The Bharatiya Janata Party of India, and its backup organisations, the Shiv Sena and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, would like to pretend that they stand up for the cow. But
A world upside down may do South Asia a lot of good. This is a place where a lot of not-so-nicethings are happening with no one able to do anything
All over the world, South Asians get a bum rap for being equivocal. This comes from the Occidental's inability to understand head movement. It is as simple as
