India - Himal Southasian (Page 76)

The Nathu La switch

The recent visit by the Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee to China has set the ink flowing in the South Asian media, particularly because it comes together with a

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 2003

Between two hegemons

The late-June Bush-Musharraf Camp David show seems to have been widely accepted as a great success, at least in the corporate media's projection of things. That

By M. V. Ramana

/ 1 Jul 2003

Hating Romila Thapar

Why the Hindutva brigade has set its sights on India's most distinguished historian

By Subhash Gatade

/ 10 Jun 2003

Nostalgia, secession and the absurdity of it all

Some reflections on the Indian city

By Sunalini Kumar

/ 1 Jun 2003

Wary lies the dragon

Ever present high wind Sweeps the fog in Blocking all that is dear to the eyes. There is a lull, the air rests. The fog remains. –Gujarati poet Sitanshu Yashchandra

By C K Lal

/ 1 Jun 2003

At the bottom of the food chain

Slumming India: A Chronicle of Slums and Their Saviours by Gita Dewan Verma Penguin Books India, 2002, New Delhi, paperback, pp xxiv + 183, INR 200; ISBN 0-14-302875-8

By Harini Narayanan

/ 1 May 2003

Singing the nation

Singing the concept of an akhand Bharat or of a Persianised sultanat or of a shonar Bangla when part of Bengal is- in India is unreal.

By Nasreen Rehman

/ 1 May 2003

The Empire of Cricket

A Corner of a Foreign Field: The Indian History of a British Sport by Ramachandra Guha Picador, New Delhi, 2002 INR 495, pp xvt+496

By Sudhanva Deshpande

/ 1 Apr 2003

Between Delhi and Madras

A comprehensive evaluation of India-Sri Lanka relations, particularly in the context of the ongoing peace talks between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), would not be

By Syed Ali Mujtaba

/ 1 Apr 2003

Injustice in god’s country: the adivasi uprising in Kerala

'God's own country' is how the southern Indian state of Kerala packages itself for international consumption. A serene mountain range, the Western Ghats, runs along the

By C R Bijoy

/ 1 Mar 2003

Uprooted in the Northeast

The imbalance of rights, ethnic claims and histories of dispossession.

By Sanjib Baruah

/ 1 Mar 2003

The reciprocated expulsions of Indian and Pakistani diplomats from each other´s capitals in February followed months of key political developments in both countries. Pakistan has returned to some form

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

/ 1 Mar 2003