The defining moment of the 26-29 November 2008 attacks on Bombay came the first night. We were a group of journalists standing at the Taj Mahal Hotel. We had rushed
The reaction of the mainstream media in India to the mayhem in Bombay was Pavlovian: if there were explosions and innocent victims, then it must be Islamist 'terrorism'
On 11 January 2007, it was easy to see that change was in the air in Bangladesh. The military-controlled Interim Government that swept into power on that day rode the
The November-December elections to six state assemblies in India turned out to be, perhaps, the most critical political test since the 2004 general election that sent the Bharatiya Janata Party-led
Amidst the growing India-Pakistan tensions following the terror attack on Bombay, there are some points of analysis that must be considered. All of Southasian peace is threatened, and what is
The idea of the American dream – that vague but iridescent image of the US as a cultural melting pot of opportunity and freedom – has long been an enviable and profitable
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
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
With a blind heart,
You yourself understand nothing.
How can you explain anything?
You sell your erudition for possessions,
And spend life meaninglessly.
– Sant Kabir's admonition to the
Despite the initial excitement for many over Prashant Tamang's Indian Idol win in September, the unfortunate repercussions of that victory continue to drag out – in court, on the
The middle class, dhoti-panjabi-clad bhadralok has appropriated a large part of the written history of colonial Bengal. This urban, middle-class, liberally educated individual had also become the cultural symbol of
