During the 18th century, the artist Nainsukh of Guler, in modern-day Punjab state, painted the story of those two legendary star-crossed lovers, Sohni and Mahiwal. During the 19th century, Punjabi
Afghanistan now has the honour of being the first country of the region to have its own remake of The Office, the hit UK TV series that has inspired copycat
Sitting on the floor of an ashram in Manhattan's Lower East Side, Ikhlaq Hussain tuned his student's sitar, with his fingers passing over the strings. This
Tambimuttu claimed to be descended from the kings of Jaffnapatam; he certainly ruled over the principality of Fitzrovia. Tambi, as he was known in the literary bohemia of London during
It is difficult to imagine that an Assamese mahila samiti, a women's association, passed a resolution to have fixed meal timings at home, in order to ease the
Following on what some have characterised as an increasingly faltering campaign, recent months have seen a renewed push by the Thimphu government to strengthen the usage of Bhutan's
The video cannot quite avoid the impression of a childish game. The boy selected for the martyrdom operation, dressed in black, walks down a line of his young friends, embracing
On a cold, windy day in December 2009, a school building in the isolated Malakand region of northwestern NWFP (today renamed Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) was being guarded round-the-clock by soldiers. All
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Every day from midnight to sunrise, the fat sergeant sits behind the sandbags, holds a pen and complains. The skinny constable stands at the barricade with a T-56, a torch