The Editors - Himal Southasian (Page 146)

LETTERS OF DISCREDIT

When smart-talking Ram Sharan Mahat finally quit on 31 July, with some opposition prodding, he became Nepal´s first-ever Finance Minister to resign over allegations of "financial irregularity"

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

CENSURING CENSORSHIP

Many years ago, when the boot was on another foot, Aththa (truth or pravda), the Sri Lanka Communist Party´s daily newspaper, railed at the press censorship imposed by the

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

BOMBS IN PUNJAB

The mysterious bomb blasts that have been rocking Pakistan´s most populous province of the Punjab over the last few months are cause for great concern. The terrorists have so

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

BANGLA PRESS vs BANGLA ARMY

The new government of Sheikh Hasina Wajed has increased the allocation for the military by six percent over last year´s budget. Defence expenditure now stands at more than 20

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

ARMED AND DANGEROUS

Bollywood, as even its most ardent admirers will admit, definitely has a touch of the bizarre. Exaggerated portrayals of personalities are the norm rather than the exception. But what if

By The Editors

/ 1 Aug 1996

Round-up of regional news

The Priceless Jewel PRINCE GYANENDRA, brother of King Birendra of Nepal, has kept a low profile since the royal family was swept off the front pages following the people´s

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

These purveyors of the pastoral dream have a hidden neocolonialist agenda. Having achieved the highest levels of development in the West they want to freeze underdeveloped countries in pastoral poverty.

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

THE ROT AT THE TOP

Pakistan has the dubious distinction of being the world´s second-most corrupt nation, after Nigeria, according to the findings of the Berlin-based non¬governmental organisation Transparency International (TI). TI´s

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

EXPERIMENTS WITH CARETAKER

The successful conclusion of elections in Bangladesh on 12 June can be credited largely to a constitutional innovation—the provision included by the 13th constitutional amendment earlier this year which

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

“LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR”

Within India, the image of the United Front government in New Delhi might have begun to tarnish after an all-too-brief honeymoon with the media. But, were a poll to be

By The Editors

/ 1 Jul 1996

Roundup of regional news

Bangladesh Artists Visit Pakistan SOON AFTER A contingent of retired Indian army officers and their wives returned after a goodwill visit of Pakistan, it was time for cultural visitors from

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 1996

KARACHI: IS PEACE HERE TO STAY?

Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto´s government may have bludgeoned Karachi into submission, but independent observers are asking whether the apparent peace is here to stay. It is true that the

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 1996