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The end of export-led growth

The wisdom preached by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and nearly all mainstream economists during the past quarter-century of what has been (mistakenly) called 'neo-liberalism'

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 2009

World’s largest democracy

The results of the elections to the 15th Lok Sabha were announced on 16 May, following a month-long phased polling exercise. Within two hours of the counting, it became clear

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 2009

Reviews of the latest books from and on Southasia

Why I Supported the Emergency: Essays and profiles by Khushwant Singh compiled and edited by Sheela Reddy Penguin/Viking, 2009 This compilation is Khushwant Singh at his iconoclastic best. Irreverent,

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 2009

‘We will not keep the country in crisis’

Barsha Man Pun ('Ananta') of the Unified Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) is a member of the Constituent Assembly as well as a member of the party'

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 2009

Round-up of regional news

Burma Fishy analysis Reports of media censorship from Burma are hardly surprising, but the iron-fisted Censor Board has recently chosen an unlikely target: the fishing industry. The clampdown was put

By The Editors

/ 1 Jun 2009

Hope wanes

A certain desperation for some signs of hope on Afghanistan has accorded a broad-based welcome to Barack Obama's new policy, which appears to contain the promise of wide-ranging

By The Editors

/ 13 May 2009

Tidbits of the region’s media

Father told me that stealing is wrong. But what the hell, let´s hear it for Roopa of Hanumanthanagar, who Deccan Herald reports has been "resorting to vehicle-lifting as

By The Editors

/ 7 May 2009

Tidbits of the region’s media

The Decaan Herald reports a brewing legislative battle in Karnataka on the subject of home toilets. The 1993 Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act lays down that you cannot contest village panchayat

By The Editors

/ 5 May 2009

The hug of the dragon

Those who speak do not know, those who know are silent, I heard this saying from the old gentleman. If the old gentleman was one who knew the way, Why

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2009

Round-up of regional news

SRI LANKA Flying green With a global recession still in full swing, airlines the world over have been experiencing tough times. In Sri Lanka, not only are people travelling less,

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2009

Subdued messengers

Another World Press Freedom Day rolls along on 3 May. Seminars and rallies are to be held, prizes distributed and reports released, all to bemoan the lack of press freedoms

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2009

Lifting the bamboo curtain

There was a long-held myth that the only manmade object visible from space was the Great Wall of China. Yet astronauts have since confirmed that Chinese cities at night are

By The Editors

/ 1 May 2009