The Indian government's announcement in June 2001, of the extension of the five year old Naga ceasefire by another year and enlarging its scope to cover not just
Irfan Ahmed's pontification on journalistic principles (Response, June 2001) is not backed by exposure of new facts or points of analysis. His dismissive attitude towards the bombings must
The conservation establishment in India periodically finds itself caught in a cleft stick—between the developmental onslaught on biodiversity and local resistance to conservation projects that threaten human livelihood. Conservation as a necessary agenda requires a new vision that transcends the inh
The novelist-turned-activist discusses corporate collusion, environmental struggles and political resistance in India – from dams and nuclear testing to Enron’s influence on India’s energy sector
One of the first things that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance government embarked on when it came to power was to 'rectify' the various institutional anomalies
Following the two articles that Himal published on pharmaceutical patents (February) and primary healthcare (March), we reprint this unusual piece by the novelist John Le Carre in The Nation, the alternative opinion weekly from New York. This is to alert ourselves of the need to be on guard against
Six years into the Maoist People's War, the toll is 1700 Nepalis dead. The people are crying out for a settlement, and given the right combination of circumstances,
