India - Himal Southasian (Page 86)

A tax budget, not a tough one

The Indian finance minister presented the Union Budget for 2000-2001 on 29 February. Under the Indian Constitution, the finance minister has to present an annual financial statement of the

By Bibek Debroy

/ 1 Mar 2000

Coperate Mercenary

Back in December 1995, when a huge load of arms was air-dropped over Purulia district of West Bengal, it created a sensation that reverberated in the Indian media for months.

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 Mar 2000

Nuclear tailspin

When it comes to matters of mass life and mass death, it is best to think in simple, even simplistic, terms. And so it is when flagging the urgency for

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 2000

Peace and war

One year ago, the progress of a bus entering Pakistan from India was keenly followed by over a billion people across South Asia and closely monitored the world over. The

By Adnan Rehmat

/ 1 Mar 2000

The temple manifesto

A Sufi shrine in South India revered by Hindus and Muslims alike has been a symbol of tolerance. But all that may change if a plan to turn it into a Hindu-only temple goes ahead.

By Yoginder Sikand

/ 1 Feb 2000

MEDIA WAGES INFOWAR

Next only to the Gulf War and the Kargil conflict, the hijacking of Indian Airlines' IC 814 has become every satellite network's infotainment dream. The region'

By Rita Manchanda

/ 1 Jan 2000

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

At the same time as India gets ready to launch the 'second phase' of neo-liberal economic 'reforms', the Bharatiya Janata Party-dominated government is trying

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 Dec 1999

Club Anglo-Indian

A community that has become a state of mind. An Anglo-Indian these days is almost a state of mind. Many who became part of the community's diaspora

By Lionel Lumb

/ 1 Dec 1999

Deceit of the Right

We began our study of the Hindu Right in the United States several years ago, when word of large funds being transferred to India by sympathetic organisations started doing the

By Vijay Prashad and Biju Mathew

/ 1 Dec 1999

SAF IN THE TIME OF CRICKET

If you didn't know, the eighth edition of the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games was held in Kathmandu in October-November; and as expected, there were no earth-

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

Guilty, until proven guilty

If the Pardhi tribespeople are genetically criminals, then those who see them so are genetically colonised. In 1932, a British army officer, Lieutenant-General Sir George MacMunn, wrote a book

By Dilip D’Souza

/ 1 Nov 1999

DEBASING DEATH

By ballot and bullet, the Indian and Pakistani states have committed themselves to the forces of the Right by late 1999. In India, an election returns a vast alliance dominated

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999