In 1933, the great economist John Maynard Keynes said, "I sympathise with those who would minimise, rather than with those who would maximise, economic entanglement among nations … let goods
Ho hum. The end of another year, and another press freedom report is released. And, yet again, the 2008 Reporters without Borders certainly paints a gloomy picture of the region.
It is May, the wedding season in Garhwal, and the mountains reverberate with the sounds of drums and Scottish pipes. Colourful wedding parties can be seen winding their way through
Basu Kshitij: CPN (Maoists), Nepali Congress and CPN (UML), and their respective slogans – people's republic, democratic socialism and 'people's multi-party democracy'
Abin Shrestha: A
Mark Bryant: Abu in London
"Fleet Street has been a magnet for journalists around the globe ever since the world's first daily newspaper, the Daily Courant, was
Words appear to reign supreme in print journalism. Black print fills the papers, exploding day after day with commentaries about the world of politics, disasters, drunkenness and drama. This overabundance
A People's Movement, now, for Pakistan
With Pervez Musharraf's legitimacy and support base crumbling, Pakistan's parties in the opposition plan a concerted attempt to
When Mirwaiz Muhammad Farooq, chief cleric of Kashmir, was assassinated in 1990 by unidentified gunmen, his 14-year-old son Umar was anointed his successor. Later, as a college student in Srinagar,
Jaipal singh
Pen is the sister of farmers.
Remember what I had told you?
When I made you hold the pen?
Mother was bellowing.
I got up startled, dripping with
Himalorganised two cartoon exhibitions in Kathmandu, Nepal as part of the first-ever Cartoon Congress on 14-15 November, 2008. After a week in Kathmandu theAbu Retrospectiveand theNepali Exhibitionwill travel around Southasia.
Special report Nepal's perplexing moment of opportunity An interim constitution is in place in Kathmandu, and with the Maoists placing their arms in containers under the eye of
