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PRESIDENT+PRIME MINISTER = PEACE

According to President Chandrika Kumaratunga, the reason she took over the key ministries of defence, interior and media on 3 November was the deterioration of the security situation in the

By Jehan Perera

/ 1 Dec 2003

Playing to the Sinhala gallery

A mistaken political judgement has lead the Sri Lankan President endanger the peace process. Sagacity is now required from both Ranil Wickremesinghe as well as Vellupillai Prabhakaran while this mess

By Jehan Perera

/ 1 Nov 2003

Crisis beyond legality

Will constitutional amendment provide for the social and political needs of the Nepali people and polity? Or a new constitution? And by what procedure?

By Hari Roka

/ 1 Nov 2003

Collapse of the neo-liberal consensus

Conciliation and cooperation are the catchphrases of the liberal world. However, only a short time ago (even if it now seems like a long time ago), Western civilisation was busy

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

/ 1 Oct 2003

A Resting Place for the Imagination?

In Search of the 'Authentic' Diasporic Subject.

By Parvathi Raman

/ 1 Sep 2003

Bridging the gap in Himalayan waters

Himalayan Waters: Promise and Potential. Problems and Politics by Shim Subba, Panos South Asia, 2001 This is an excellent and beautifully illustrated handbook on everything anyone may want to know

By BG Verghese

/ 1 Sep 2003

Aid in developing Nepal

Foreign Aid and Politics in Nepal: A Case Study Eugene Bramer Mihaly. 2002.(Originally published by Oxford University Press 1965). It is a moot point whether Nepal consumes aid or

By Jagannath Adhikari

/ 1 Jul 2003

Illegal lives

Karachi's two million immigrants face a government crackdown.

By Hasan Mansoor

/ 1 Jul 2003

Nostalgia, secession and the absurdity of it all

Some reflections on the Indian city

By Sunalini Kumar

/ 1 Jun 2003

The Legal Framework Order

The nightly broadcasts of Pakistan's public network television channel, Pakistan Television (PTV), towards the end of April were dedicated to the standoff between the government and the opposition

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

/ 1 May 2003

Tigers in the Alps

The revolutionary who succeeds underground is not the one who hides like a mouse under the floorboards, shunning the light of day and social involvement. The successful and resourceful underground

By Ramachandra Guha

/ 1 May 2003

The reciprocated expulsions of Indian and Pakistani diplomats from each other´s capitals in February followed months of key political developments in both countries. Pakistan has returned to some form

By Aasim Sajjad Akhtar

/ 1 Mar 2003