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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

Psyche Warfare

Talks between India and Pakistan are periodically resumed and abandoned, with both sides fixated in their positions and little hope for reconciliation. Rather than throw one´s hands up in

By Manzur Ejaz

/ 1 Jul 1997

Revisionist Look at Subcontinental Islam

Islam in South Asia A Regional Perspective by Asim Roy South Asian Publishers, New Delhi, 1996 ISBN 81 7003 193 1

By Sudhirendar Sharma

/ 1 Sep 1996

Bangladeshi advasi and other minorities

According to official figures, about 98 per cent of the 110 million people of Bangladesh are Bengalis — part of the larger Bengali population in the Indian states of West Bengal,

By Father R. W. Timm

/ 1 May 1992