The Editors - Himal Southasian (Page 126)

Remembering Burma

Despite the ongoing efforts of exiles and advocates, one could be forgiven for having assumed that the world had written off Burma. Despite the Rangoon regime's horrendous record

By The Editors

/ 15 Jan 2006

Embrace of the strategic partner

It was in a conference room in distant Vienna where one of the most significant post-Cold War shifts in New Delhi's foreign policy was implemented. On 24 September,

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

The deadliest quake

We have not understood why the Kashmir Earthquake of 8 October has been termed the 'South Asia Quake' by the international media, including by the all-powerful, real-time satellite

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

The hope of Dhaka

SAARC at 20, Bangladesh, and the possibilities of eastern Southasia.

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2005

Editorial Note

The 'meaning of terror', the cover theme of this issue, is directed against those who would pander to violence, against an attitude which condones terrorist acts against innocents

By The Editors

/ 30 Sep 2005

Shattering of Trust-I

Ties between Kathmandu and New Delhi have not been this low in a long, long time. The intimate contact between people on the two sides of the open border has

By The Editors

/ 29 Sep 2005

Shattering of Trust-II

The assassination of Sri Lanka's Foreign Minister Lakshman Kadirgamar, the highest ranking leader to have been killed since President Ranasinghe Premadasa in 1993, has sparked off hectic political

By The Editors

/ 29 Sep 2005

Understanding India

If there is one word that has been used endlessly to describe India's foreign policy, it is 'continuity'. For almost four decades during the Cold War,

By The Editors

/ 31 Jul 2005

Heady days in Male

A letter written recently to the editor of an independent Maldivian news portal identified a minor crisis in the country's rapidly changing political climate: the lack of terminology

By The Editors

/ 30 Jul 2005

Jinnah: The fractured image

The Founder of Pakistan, Father of the Nation, the Great Leader, Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876-1948) is today the sentinel of Pakistan's Islamic ideology. His portraits are everywhere,

By The Editors

/ 30 Jul 2005

Royal regime change in Nepal

When King Gyanendra of Nepal conducted a military-backed coup on 1 February 2005, even those who thought it was drastic and ill advised had expected that he had 'a

By The Editors

/ 30 Jul 2005

Hefty Deity

Shri Hanuman, who should have been riding the airway from the Himalaya to the Sri Lankan coast on a search and rescue mission, today stands perplexed at a busy north-Delhi

By The Editors

/ 16 Jul 2005