The Dynamics among the countries of South Asia has changed dramatically with Sri Lanka´s open and unabashed call for New Delhi´s help for military and, failing that, humanitarian
New York based Bengali author Amitav Ghosh was interviewed by some Benaras Hindu University Department of English students recently in — Varanasi. All of what he had to say to Baniprata
Pathaney Khan, who died on 9 March 2000, was one of the most popular singers of Pakistan, a flagbearer of a tradition going back a thousand years. During his lifetime,
As the Indian cricket writer managed to upgrade his column from the last page to the first, he missed on his way the most important story of his life. Or
Upon hearing that Lara Dutta (21) won the Miss Universe pageant on 13 May, I conducted a small, unscientific poll. asked several of my South Asian friends in the United
There is potential for a gas pipeline to achieve what bilateral diplomacy, international diplomacy and 'track two' diplomacy have not been able to achieve in the last 20
There is a charming persistence to the chronicler Jhumpa Lahiri's writings. Her eye and interests rest on things and events that do not interest many writers, especially those
For once, this is an issue in which the ruling party Awami League (AL) is not locked in battle with its diehard opponent, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). This time
It is sometimes said that peace depends on the ratio of coercive power held by the government compared to those who might be tempted to challenge it in a civil
Girija Prasad Koirala is back in the saddle at Singha Darbar. This is his fourth stint in the hot seat that have seen ten turns and six occupants since democracy