The Odhikar Election Violence Education and Resolution (EVER) project in Bangladesh, built on a network of monitors in 40 districts, aims to provide accurate and timely data on patterns of
In her earlier works, Nira Wickramasinghe, a history professor at the University of Colombo, explored diverse themes as ethnic politics, the role of civil society and the politics of clothing
Sadat Hasan Manto, Salman Rushdie, Rohinton Mistry, Suketu Mehta and Gregory Roberts are only some of the many writers who have written about Bombay. The city contains a multitude of
NDTV's monopoly over the English-speaking classes in India is over. Ten months after it was launched, India Broadcast News (IBN), in collaboration with CNN, has decisively emerged as
Nepal / Bhutan Washington, Thimphu, Kathmandu Nepal in recent weeks has seen a series of high-level visits by US senators and Congressmen. Interestingly, each of these delegations spent a substantial portion
Of all the paths to salvation, pilgrimage may well be the most democratic but it was never meant to be the easiest. In modern times, air-conditioned buses traverse the four
The Indian government and big newspaper houses have long resisted foreign investment in media. But the Western media conglomerate camel already has its nose in the Bharatiya tent, and before
India / Bangladesh Farakka's impending fiasco The controversial Farakka Barrage in West Bengal, which diverts waters from the Ganga into its tributary, the Bhagirathi, is in danger of being
The conflict contractors that are parachuting down on Kathmandu to partake of the expected peace dividend tend to be derisive of the terminology used by the locals to define the
Kuensel, from Thimphu, reports a Dr Ross McDonald from the University of Auckland suggesting at a media conference in early July that "Bhutan should consider banning all advertising."
The Southasian habit of thrift – not wanting a good deal on a mobile phone to pass by – seems to have gotten Indian doctor Mohammed Haneef into deep trouble. Charged with
Burma
Gambari and Burma's neighbours
During the second week of July, the UN secretary-general's special envoy to Burma, Ibrahim Gambari, held a series of high-level meetings
