It is eight o'clock on a tepid mid-April morning in Khundunabari, one of the seven refugee camps in the southeastern Nepal districts of Jhapa and Morang that are
Nearly 150 years ago began an agonising saga of migration from the Bhojpur region of India. With Britain actively engaged in agriculture in colonies across the world, there was a
The mainstream Indian media is obsessed with the five C's – cricket, consumerism, controversy, cinema and crime, though not necessarily in that order. So much was happening on each
The Tibet movement has stalled, partially because there is little understanding of how it will continue after the Dalai Lama's passing. While those who disagree with the Middle Way approach are not necessarily looking to violence as the answer, they are looking for reaffirmation of what exactly it i
After completing the first phase of my studies of the Tamil-Brahmi script in 1968, I turned my attention towards the Indus script. I had been particularly attracted to this study
Lahore is an intense city, one that overwhelms every one of a visitor's senses. On the road, every vehicle seeks to overtake the one in front, while the
In a tiny room with blue walls full of charts about birds, fruits and vegetables, 10-year-old Tamanna sits on the floor, drawing on sheets of paper strategically folded to resemble
Bhartendu's stage is on fire,
Distraught, in English,
People are running away.
– Byomesh Shukla in Aadat
Indian television serials are a lot better these days. They are skilfully
India is on horseback
Pepsi-Cola in one hand, clutching condom in another
Third armed with Rampuri knife, in fourth the 'Hari Om' banner
What a seductive, dashing fellow,
It seems serious, though you can never quite tell about this sort of thing. Certainly the early October announcement by the United States that it is willing to take in