Eqbal Ahmad, activist scholar, was born in India probably in 1934. He's not quite sure. In 1947, he left with his brothers for the newly created state of
The new Secretary General of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) spoke to Himal editor Kanak Mani Dixit soon after assuming office.
* Do you feel confident about taking
Interview with Junoon's Salman Ahmad
Sangeeta Lama and Khalid Ansari interviewed Salman Ahmed of the group Junoon about their music, their Sufism, the controversy surrounding their tour of
Interview with Shabana Azmi
Tim Sebastian talked to Shabana Azmi in London for the BBC's Hardtalk Interview just after the film, Fire, was released in India. Excerpts:
* Congratulations
Bihar Inspector General of Police Ramchandra Khan is an unusual cop. He feels passionately about the Kosi River, and decades of bad plans to constrict its flow. Inspector Khan understands
I.A. Rehman is journalist and chair of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan as well as of the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy. He was interviewed
Ashis Nandy, psychologist, author and social commentator, who is with the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, New Delhi, spoke to Rita Manchanda.
• Is there a validity in narrowing
Excerpts from an interview of Akhtar Hameed Khan taken by Dhaka features service NewsNetwork. The interviewers write: "Begum Akhtar Hameed Khan came and served us tea and snacks herself.
Zamir in Urdu means conscience, and since his hook Press in Chains (Karachi Press Club, 1986) came out, Zamir Niazi has been the voice of conscience of the Pakistani press,
Anand Patwardhan is the best of the investigative, consciousness-raising, activist documentary filmmakers who are making a mark in India today. In fact, it is said, he helped fashion the very
Carl Muller talks to Lankan journalist and poet Afdhel Aziz about his critics, his upcoming books and dinner parties at the end of the world.
How do you cope with
