Seven years is not a long time in a country´s political history. But during this period Nepal has seen unfettered political promiscuity.
It is, to some, a horrific reflection
Colombo has been a traditional friend and New Delhi a friend in need of this strategic yet vulnerable republic, the smallest member of SAARC.
There is no record of when
In every case, selfstyled prophets of change in Pakistan have failed to deliver on their promises.
In the wee hours of the night of 5 November 1996, Pakistan´s President
The Conditions of Listening: Essays on Religion, History and Politics in South Asia
by Richard Burghart
Edited by C. J. Fuller and Jonathan Spencer
Oxford University Press, Delhi, 1996
What was the Dalai Lama doing on the cover of the Christmas issue of the French fashion magazine Vogue's Christmas issue (see page 3)? He was the editor!
A Reuters report on a recent IFAD announcement regarding the rural poor in the developing countries once again rakes up the question of what to believe and what not to
History, culture and politics set the Lhotshampa and the Drukpa apart. The Drukpa has decided to act, but can he prevail in the long term?
It was Kazi Ugen Dorii
The tarai used to evoke the image of steaming jungles and tall grasslands teeming with South Asia's "mega fauna" — rhinoceros, tiger, barasingha, elephants. Today, the image
