Nishana, a 27-year-old platoon commander of the Maoist People's Liberation Army (PLA), looked just like any other Nepali mother as she played with her three-year-old son in the
Like nationalist political parties the world over, those in Karachi have come to understand the power that can come from a fear-based agenda. Their bogey: 'Talibanisation'.
Could the
Conflicts inherently affect, even reshape, the social fabric of any society in ways both positive and negative. Apart from changing livelihoods and behavioural patterns, prolonged conflicts also affect the lexicon
In the ennui that invariably follows election jubilation, promises made during campaigning can quickly turn into whispers. All too often, this happens even before the bunting has been folded neatly
In flexing its military muscle, India is finally set to act on pleas to unite this isolated region with the rest of the country.
Due to its proximity to the
Nine months after the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) took charge of the government following success in the elections to the Constituent Assembly, the national condition in Nepal today is
Travel arrangements in Burma are not the easiest to coordinate, so I became somewhat apprehensive upon receiving a message from my travel agent in Mandalay warning that there had been
For many a tourist for many a decade, staying in a houseboat has been the highlight of a visit to Kashmir. Floating on the serene waters of the Dal and
Some 35 km from Dera Ghazi Khan on the Punjab-Balochistan border is a shrine for the Sufi saint Hazrat Sakhi Sultan Syed Ahmed. Since mid-March, visitors to the Darbar Hazrat
Hippies, Russians, the Taliban – Afghanistan has always had a little something for everyone. Now a land in crisis is getting reacquainted with tourists.
I am going to be the only
