The Editors - Himal Southasian (Page 143)

Roads without borders

If one does not count the Indo-Pakistan land border, which has to have its own solutions, the problem of closed terrestrial crossings may be resolving itself elsewhere in South Asia.

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

Sun ‘N’ SAARC

SAARC summits and the high level meetings leading up to them are long-drawn out affairs. Three consecutive two-day meetings of the heads of SAARC divisions in the foreign ministries, of

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

Start caring

In the macho military logic of Subcontinental hawks, any talk of even a freezing of defence budgets is treason. Our pampered generals know that their privileged lifestyles are threatened by

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1997

SAARC Starts To Get Serious

SAARC has had the thankless task of bringing together countries that are quite disparate in size, economic scale and geopolitical clout, and to give them a sense unity and direction.

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Round-up of regional news

From Karakoram to Everest There are many ways to celebrate a jubilee year and one of them is to go climb Everest. A group of Pakistani mountaineers are on the

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

“Before, there was too little work. Now there is too much.”

SAARC Secretary General Naeem U Hasan assumed office on I January 1996, and has presided over a period when the organisation seems to have, at long last, picked up some

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Buddhism on the Mainland

The Dalai Lama´s welcome in Taiwan represents an economically comfortable Chinese population seeking some spiritual sustenance. The Dalai Lama´s trip to Taiwan gives an inkling of the future,

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Test of the treaty

Expectations were high in Bangladesh when the newly-signed Farakka Treaty came into effect on 1 January 1997. Bangladeshis swung into action to take advantage of the additional flows as the

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Left-right-left-right

Seven years is not a long time in a country´s political history. But during this period Nepal has seen unfettered political promiscuity. It is, to some, a horrific reflection

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Goodbye, Mr. Kesri

Indo-Pakistan relations have always had to contend with hiccups, but what the Congress party did by pulling the rug from under the United Front government of H.D. Deve Gowda

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Hello, Mr. Gujral…

The turn of events that brought the Pakistan-born Inder Kumar Gujral to the seat of Prime Minister augurs well for India and South Asia. Without a political base of his

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

New media and the social purdah

So, President Bill Clinton of the United States in all likelihood did invite Paula Jones to come into his office and in all likelihood did demand oral sex from her.

By The Editors

/ 1 Mar 1997