Michael Hutt's new biography is a heartbreaking and beautiful book. Heartbreaking because it holds up a mirror to Nepali society, and the image that it reflects back is
The End of War in Sri Lanka:
Reflections and challenges
edited by Groundviews.org, 2010
To mark the one-year anniversary of the horrific end to the three-decade long ethnic conflict
Investigative Journalism in China
edited by David Bandurski &
Martin Hala
Hong Kong University Press, 2010
Contrary to the bland title, the eight case studies offered here are written with
Over the past decade, a new kind of restaurant has appeared in the Kathmandu Valley – the dance bar or, similarly, the 'cabin restaurant'. These places cater to an
When examining a novel based on a specific historical context, it is often difficult to separate fiction from fact, truth from artistic license. The outrage that greeted Kiran Desai'
Seminar (614): The Pursuit of Happiness
October 2010
The venerable New Delhi-based monthly journal's decision to devote an entire issue to Gross National Happiness came as a welcome
A few years ago, this reviewer was discussing women's representation in the media at a course on gender. The session focused on the invisibility of women's
The tragedy of terrorism and conflict has served as a crucible for literary and artistic creativity throughout the ages and all over the world. So has it been in modern
Vishwajyoti Ghosh's Delhi is not restricted to the wide avenues near Akbar Road, nor to the exalted addresses of Defence Colony or Golf Links. Those parts of Delhi
The famine of 1866 decimated millions in Orissa. At that time, Oriya society was plagued by an apathetic colonial administration, fervent religious activism and Brahminical caste discrimination. Few were ready
Shame, Jean-Paul Sartre once wrote, is revolutionary. It makes you want to challenge established wisdom and force change. In Known Turf, a collection of Mumbai journalist Annie Zaidi's
Gardens of Lanka
photography by Luxshmanan Nadaraja
edited by Sarala Fernando
Wildlight Private Limited, 2009
Gardens have embellished Sri Lanka's landscape for more than two millennia, the ancient
