Bihar - Himal Southasian (Page 3)

Among the Naipaul

It was Trinidad-born VS. Naipaul who had famously described the India he visited as "an area of darkness". And, when his younger brother, novelist Shiva Naipaul, travelled to

By Amitava Kumar

/ 1 May 1998

Big dams, Bad economics.

Why build high dams if you're going to waste water and electricity? On 5 and 6 April 1997, six hundred activists from all over Bihar and various parts

By Ajaya Dixit

/ 28 Feb 1998

Hindi, Hindu, Hindustan

The world´s largest democracy, whatever may be its quality, is up for elections again. The fallout of the Jain Commission report brought down the government of I.K. Gujral,

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1998

Anatomy of a Struggle: A Bypass for India’s Diseased Heart

…the battle must break out again and again in ever-growing dimensions, and there can be no doubt as to who will be the victor in the end – the appropriating few,

By Shishir K. Jha

/ 1 Sep 1997

“Malaria for All by 2000”

Everybody Loves a Good Drought by P. Sainath Penguin Books India, New Delhi, 1996 ISBN 0 14 25984 8 In the early 1980s, villagers in Naupada district in India´s

By Naresh Joseph Fernandes

/ 1 Jul 1997

Test of the treaty

Expectations were high in Bangladesh when the newly-signed Farakka Treaty came into effect on 1 January 1997. Bangladeshis swung into action to take advantage of the additional flows as the

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1997

Made In Nepal, Exported to India

The new Indo-Nepal trade treaty signed on 4 December 1996 will allow, for the first time, goods manufactured in Nepal access to the Indian market free of custom duties. The

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 1997