The Editors - Himal Southasian (Page 134)

Pre-history of Tibet

It was following the decline of the north country that the kings of Tibet came to dominate the entire plateau. Sallying forth from their strongholds in the south of the

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1999

What Millennium?

Besides loving our sleep, the editors of Himal like the majority of South Asians celebrate, live and sleep by a different set of calendars. The calendar of the sequel Pope,

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1999

BANGLADESHI BATTLE OF BADR

There might be some very good reason for calling hartals, but as yet, the general public has not been let into the secret. Not that it particularly cares, knowing only

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1999

Tidbits of the region’s media

Corruption, surruption.Let us change the subject. I am quite taken aback by continuous talk of greased palms in South Asia, and here is Transparency International once again taking South

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

Voices

What the reaction of the so-called liberal and prodemocracy elements in Pakistan towards General Pervez Musharraf reveals, is that this important section does not consider democracy to be a process

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

SAF IN THE TIME OF CRICKET

If you didn't know, the eighth edition of the South Asian Federation (SAF) Games was held in Kathmandu in October-November; and as expected, there were no earth-shattering performances.

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

MILITARY DEMOCRACY?

The commonwealth team that visited Pakistan at the end of October to make an on-the-spot assessment of the official, political and public opinion in the country, will have found that

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

SHE’S EARLY

Political circles in Colombo couldn't resist the joke. "This time she's early," they chuckled when Sri Lanka's notoriously unpunctual president, Chandrika Bandaranaike

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

â€˜The Muslim Buddhustâ€™

Pakistan's policy-makers may have ignored Khan's calls for simplicity, renunciation and self-reliance, but his work has made a difference in the lives of the countless many

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

DEBASING DEATH

By ballot and bullet, the Indian and Pakistani states have committed themselves to the forces of the Right by late 1999. In India, an election returns a vast alliance dominated

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1999

Voices

They worked as I stared at the mutilated corpses in their blood-soaked clothes. Their entrails were exposed, their faces, unrecognisable. That evening, I could not eat. I couldn't

By The Editors

/ 1 Oct 1999

JAW-JAW, NOT WAR-WAR

It's never over till it's over. The downing of the Pakistani reconnaissance plane over Sir Creek on 10 August was a swift and troubling reminder that

By The Editors

/ 1 Sep 1999