For the past thirty years, millions of Karen villagers in Burma have been living a precarious existence, regularly being displaced from their huts into the surrounding forests and state-controlled relocation
Gatekeepers at the roundtable
The Panos-Himal Southasian media gatekeepers' roundtable,11-12 November 2006.
Since May 2002, five gatekeepers' roundtables have been held on the India-Pakistan engagement, organised by
Over years, the concept of Southasia has evolved and expanded to advocate for regional inclusiveness and plurality, not just economically but in its politics as well. The idea of Southasia
You should drive down to Lahore," I suggested to Kiran, when both of us were sitting in a Pokhara café.
"Technically, you should be allowed to cross on
As Southasia's politicians and bureaucrats get busy for the next SAARC Summit, and as the pundits of the region start conferring their predictions and comments, here is a
Through the tales we connect
Through the roots we aspire
Through the songs we unite
Through the tunes we acquire
Through the fires we confront
Through the storms we survive
My forefathers came from southern Gujarat, and settled further south along the western coast of India. With no kin across the newly formed border, and living in Bombay at the
In considering the value of the concept of Southasia, the answer can be formulated as a neutral assessment of whether or not the term carries descriptive weight. It could be
In May 1998, first India and then Pakistan tested nuclear weapons. War erupted in the Kargil region of Kashmir a year later. This was the first war between two nuclear-armed
It is easy to imagine the sensitive intellectual of Southasia wringing his hands in dismay at the peripheral place the region occupies in India's public discourse. You too
There are periods when the Southasian political milieu gives us hope. One such was the huge popular upsurge and Maoist win for democracy in Nepal. What emerged as a success
