Representing seven percent of global demand, energy consumption in Southasia is considered low for a region with more than 22 percent of the world's population. However, as the
All regional groupings have their peculiarities, but none more so than SAARC. It may seem pedantic to ask how many countries constitute SAARC, since any student of high-school civics would
The democratic revolution in Nepal ousted a deeply entrenched and centuries-old monarchy, and the country is now engaged in the process of building a republic. This expression by the people
"Southasian' is one among the many identities that I carry, and I am also a Muslim, a Pakistani, a Punjabi, a Lahori, a teacher, a researcher, an economist
Fortunately or unfortunately, this piece, like the headquarters of SAARC, will have to be located in Nepal. My case, quite frankly, is that if there is a larger identity I
The colour of my skin?
In a land sold on fairness creams?
Common language?
Only one shared sentence: death.
Shared history?
Wasn't all Empire was it?
Ancestors?
Didn&
Let us begin at the beginning – not with India as the 'core' but rather with the periphery, which will decide the outcome of the Southasian dream. Unless this
My paintings are but expressions of the aspirations of the oppressed majority around me. They are reflections of a society in need of social change. The geographical, socio-political and religious
Louis XVI of France was unseated from his throne by his own people, and met a violent end in 1793 during the French Revolution. One of the most despotic Czars,
With the exceptions of politics in the Maldives and al-Qaeda-influenced jihad, Southasian conflicts are all about the exclusion of 'others', be it on grounds of religion, ethnicity or
Twenty-three years after its creation, SAARC remains hostage to a state-centric understanding of Southasia, and continues to operate as an inter-governmental body engaged in functional cooperation on specific issues. Civil-society
