The rickshaw of Bangladesh, poorly designed and manned by the underclass, plays an important role in propping up the national economy. Its neglect by government officials and researchers can only
A clean, green, healthy Dhaka will happen with regulation of the internal combustion engine, not by condemning pedal-power. Let us get one thing straight. Rick shaws came first. Cars later.
The ongoing temporal struggle between the Dalai Lama as head of the Gelugpa sect and the Britain-based Shugden community is part of a tradition that goes back to power plays
Uprooted lives, transient existence, unending war. The civilians of Sri Lanka's north wait for the day when they can once again call a place home.
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Mitu Varma in New Delhi:
AAM IS WHAT the meaty, luscious fruit is called in Hindi. The word also means ´common´. But the king among the Subcontinental fruits had his
There are gays in every society, including Bengali society, and there is no sense in suppressing and stifling homosexuality.
They will forgive me if I commit a murder but not
Not every project that the World Bank proposes to the countries of South Asia is in their interest. So how do you go about challenging the Bank?
Joe Wood is
Afghans have known nothing but awar for the past 17 years. They have always been afraid—afraid of the Afghan secret police, of the Soviets, of the mujahideen, of land
How is it that one of the largest-ever embezzlement scams in India, involving unimaginable crones of rupees, occurs in its poorest state?
In India, the judiciary struck once in New
AIDS thrives on people's poverty and ignorance, and as the pandemic prepares to spread, it threatens to sap the health of nations as well.
Bombay has the largest
