Only ten years ago, Nepal was a country full of hope for its future. How have things gone so horribly wrong?
To understand today's tormented Nepal – from the
The initialling of the treaty, the circumstances that preceded, attended and followed it, its ratification followed by nearly immediate descent into disgrace and the limbo it has since lapsed into
South Asia's nation-state approach to identity has spawned an introverted polity that clips history to suit short-sighted nationalism. It ignores other ethno-linguistic and religious tapestries that define South
By the time the Ganga winds its way across the north Indian plains and enters Bangladesh in the dry season, there isn't much water left in it. In
In the more impoverished parts of South Asia – from the western hills of Nepal to the badlands of Bihar, in the forests of Andhra Pradesh or the marginalised hinterlands of
A Nepali idiom for ritual absurdity is biralo bandhney, or "tying the cat". It tells the story of a Brahmin performing the shraddha ceremony for his departed ancestor
A review of the output of the techno- exuberant school of thought.
By the mid-1980s, it was already apparent that something was seriously amiss with the much-vaunted Himalayan hydro bonanza.
