India - Himal Southasian (Page 94)

I, Me, Myself

Diana Hayden of India is the new Miss World. A veritable triumph of packaging, say some. A little dentistry, a little cosmetic surgery, rigorous workouts at a gym, a top-

By The Editors

/ 1 Feb 1998

Lusophile historian

The Career and Legend of Vasco da Gama by Sanjay Subrahmanyam Foundation Books, New Delhi, 1997 If we are to live by myths, it is better to live by our

By Claude Alvares

/ 1 Jan 1998

India: Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan

The centrist political platform held by Congress has become largely irrelevant.

By Subir Bhaumik

/ 1 Jan 1998

Can the Southasian toad leapfrog?

We gave them Rajneesh, and they gave us Bill Gates

By Kunda Dixit

/ 1 Jan 1998

Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan

The world´s largest democracy, whatever may be its quality, is up for elections again. The fallout of the Jain Commission report brought down the government of I.K. Gujral,

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1998

RAW WOUND

The leaking of the "interim report" of Justice M.C. Jain, who constituted the one-man commission to investigate the death of Rajiv Gandhi, has suddenly changed the

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1998

Remembering to forget

Vasco da Gama's 500th anniversary touches a raw nerve in Goa. Suddenly, the Portuguese are big news in their former colony of Goa, now better known as a

By Frederick Noronha

/ 1 Jan 1998

A poor man’s Max Mueller

India: From Midnight to the Millennium by Shashi Tharoor Viking Penguin, New Delhi, 1997 A secular, liberal, urbane, globalised Indian fails to grasp India.

By Harish Khare

/ 1 Jan 1998

India Turns Fifty

Erstwhile Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir, and Hindu scholar, finds that India has some problems, but will prosper. If one date marks the ending of the age of colonialism that

By Kabita Parajuli

/ 1 Dec 1997

Films in Search of a Movement

A study of the history of the documentary film in South Asia, including the advances made after independence in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Seated among the enthralled audience

By Mitu Varma

/ 1 Dec 1997

Anatomy of a Struggle: A Bypass for India’s Diseased Heart

…the battle must break out again and again in ever-growing dimensions, and there can be no doubt as to who will be the victor in the end – the appropriating

By Shishir K. Jha

/ 1 Sep 1997

Fifty Something

Now that the breathless television extravaganza of the 50th anniversary of Independence of India and Pakistan is over, we can perhaps take a more sober look at the past half-

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1997