infrastructure
Tunnel to the future
How the Atal Tunnel is reshaping life in Lahaul.
Kesang Thakur and Anu Sabhlok | Oct 28, 2022
Nepal’s economic alarm bells
Fiscal mismanagement and cronyism in Nepal have come under growing public scrutiny.
Amish Raj Mulmi | Jul 30, 2022
Getting the jab done
A crossborder discussion on COVID-19 vaccinations in Southasia.
The Editors | May 07, 2021
Building on Bihar
As a new government is formed in Kathmandu, how can Nepal not only learn from the changes underway in Bihar, but capitalise on them?
Blair Glencorse | Dec 01, 2011
A Subcontinental free trade utopia
SAFTA has been hyped following the SAARC summit, but will it only help the trader and not the people? And what of services?
Joe Thomas K | Jan 01, 2004
Trading off a jewel
The present Nepali dispensation has agreed to let India build a hydropower project that it (Nepal) holds dear. Let the terms be fair, however.
Santa B Pun | Nov 01, 2003
No Indian Railway = No India?
How crucial were the railways to the making of modern India? How did the railways contribute to the emergence of the Indian state, nation and economy?
Ian Kerr | Feb 01, 2002
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