India needs a Northeast policy. The Northeast needs a Northeast policy.
'Hindus' and 'Muslims' may not exactly be the distinct monolithic identities, as is made out in political rhetoric. The Hindus and Muslims of South India are a case in point.
The conflict in Kashmir may be projected as the 'militant Islamic' assault on the state. But the origins of Kashmiriyat were never built on inter-religious antagonism.
Kachchativu: And The Maritime Boundary Of Sri Lanka
by WT Jayasinghe
Stamford Lake Publication, Colombo, 2003
As WT Jayasinghe describes it, "Kachchativu is known as a parched and almost
Gender and Caste
edited by Anupama Rao;
series Issues in Contemporary Feminism
Kali for Women, New Delhi, 2003;
The director of Kathmandu's Film South Asia festival of documentaries looks back at the history of documentary films, maps evolving trends in the genre, reflects on the emergence of a substantial body of viewers for serious non-fiction and ponders on the ways in which these films can be taken to a l
I tend to disagree with the concept of art for art's sake and view all creative activity as purposive – be it literature, art, music or even cinema. However,
Taking on the postcolonial postmodernists and reinstating the Enlightenment
THE VEDIC PEOPLE
Their History and Geography
Rajesh Kochhar
Orient Longman, Hyderabad
2000, Paperback, 259 pp
ISBN 81 250 1080 7
IRs 275
By Rhoderick Chalmers
The search for origins
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
