A TRAIL OF TRAGEDY
It came without warning. Ferocious and violent. It lasted for just a few very terrifying minutes…and then it was gone. The unreal calm that followed
There is something that holds today´s children apart from the previous generation. At the click of a switch, they have access to a mind-boggling array of programmes on the
Powerless in Sri Lanka
May 1996
Social Engineering by the Clock
In late May, Sri Lanka decided to adjust its clock forward by one hour from midnight in late May
Young Hindu boys and girls have a rich cultural heritage which they must try to understand as they prepare for life. In this article, an American friend who has lived
Commentary
Let Us Keep It That Way
April 1996
The BJP, which might just make the government in Delhi in May, has stated explicitly in its election manifesto, that it
While some of you might have heard stories of a flying machine known as pushpak biman flying the Subcontinental skies in ancient times (Ram, Sita and Laxman are said to
Two South Asian women journalists who set new standards of professionalism and lived courageous lives died in March.
Razia Bhatti, trail-blazing Pakistani editor, died of a brain haemmorhage in Karachi
INSTEAD OF THE DALAI LAMA initiating a Kalachakra ceremony, had things turned out differently, it might easily have been Pope John Paul II consecrating some Christian event in Ulaan Bataar.
Alms Race: The Subcontinent of Sub Saharan Asia
March 1996
Tired of the Bickering. The Rand Corporation, the conservative US think tank, too, thinks that the India-Pakistan enmity is costly.
In the days following independence from the British, Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) was truly an island of serendipity, deserving the name of Serendib that had been bestowed upon it by
