The early 1990s signified an important moment in Bhutanese history, as a small kingdom sought geopolitical sovereignty by claiming (and sometimes violently enforcing) a national identity. Stories about a '
Even though all of Southasia is blighted by official corruption, over the years corruption has reached pandemic proportions in Sri Lanka, when multi-million-dollar scandals regularly rock the society and economy.
The very thought of being huddled together with scores of others in an airtight container, aboard a stinking fishing vessel or cargo transporter while on a seemingly endless journey – this
The murderous assault on Bombay by Islamist militants, at least some of whom were from Pakistan, has exposed once again the grave danger that radical Islamist movements pose to Pakistan,
How does one remember an event, particularly one of the magnitude of the November 2008 Bombay attacks, which, transcending the personal became the collective tragedy of an entire country? Long
Tensions between Pakistan and India have been growing after the Bombay attacks. Are we close to a military escalation?
In spite of vociferous demands by the Indian public, Prime Minister
Aravind Adiga will go down as having maintained India's winning streak in the international literary scene by bagging the 2008 Man Booker prize. The fact that he pipped
All Drawings by BILASH RAI
As a new year rolls in, a host of lists 'measuring' everything from poverty to literacy to mortality rates are doing their annual
If we have paan and speak with our upper jaw active while the lower jaw balances the juice, it is considered no extraordinary feat across the borders of the Subcontinent.
Marrying Anita
A Quest for Love in the New India
by Anita Jain
Penguin, 2008
Here is a tedious book about an Indian-American woman's experiences with love and
Lasantha Wickrematunga Memorial in Kathmandu, Nepal
On 9 January, Himal Southasian, Kathmandu held a meeting in memory of Lasantha Wickrematunga. At a well-attended gathering, tribute was paid to Lasantha for
