India - Himal Southasian (Page 72)

Whither the Naxal comrades?

The Naxalites of India are engaged in an expansion spree but the party is hardly audible beyond its core areas. It is not to be found in the rural plains and cities.

By Tilak Dasgupta

/ 27 Sep 2005

Tamil Nadu’s second tsunami

In the days after the 26 December tsunami swept up the Tamil Nadu coast, people united for the sheer common fortune of having survived. Shooing away the vultures, they came

By Sandesh Bhandare

/ 26 Sep 2005

Whodunit? All of them

A fine memoir of a wronged man who refuses to go for the jugular.

By Ravi Nair and Rineeta Naik

/ 1 Sep 2005

The Persuasive Indian

Scepticism and rationalism brought India/Southasia till here, and will take us into the future, says the Nobel laureate.

By A S Panneerselvan

/ 1 Sep 2005

Field sociology in Phaltan

"In rural Maharashtra, I would suggest Phaltan…," replied the incisive commentator and good friend Dilip D'Souza, in April this year, when I asked him about a

By Ayesha Siddiqa

/ 1 Sep 2005

The Geography of GEO

A Karachi-based satellite channel which uplinks from Dubai has taken the Pakistani market by storm. Given the sense and sensibility that drives this independent broadcaster, could the rest of

By Sonya Fatah

/ 1 Sep 2005

The rise of the Indian multinational

The center of gravity of world business is shifting, and India's MNCs are ready to carve out a good sized chunk of the pie.

By Indrajit Lahiri

/ 1 Sep 2005

THE STILWELL ROAD: STRAIGHT AHEAD?

Here's a land route that would not only open up the possibilities for India's Northeast to trade and interact with its eastern neighbours, but as an overland link would also work to cement relationships between Southasia, East Asia and Southeast Asia.

By Carin I Fischer

/ 1 Sep 2005

Nathula: Trading in uncertainty

The increased bonhomie between India and China in recent years has opened up the possibility of building newer avenues of cooperation between the two countries. There are reports that after

By A.C. Sinha

/ 1 Sep 2005

Media outbreak

Call it the back to basics revolution if you will, but in this so-called age of the internet and cable television, India is witnessing a strange phenomenon. Defying international

By Akash Banerjee

/ 23 Jul 2005

The flood that was, the flood to come

"Machhli khao!" This was the advice of Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Indian Minister of Railways and, as the head of the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Bihar's

By Dinesh Kumar Mishra

/ 21 Jul 2005

The Lhotshampa and Indian abandonment

The Royal Government of Bhutan (RGoB) formally unveiled the draft of its constitution on 26 March 2005 with public ceremonies across the country. The Calcutta Statesman enthusiastically enumerated the '

By A.C. Sinha

/ 21 Jul 2005