The armoured Mercedes Benz limousine parked between the woman bomber and her intended victim, saved the president´s life, although she was hit by shrapnel in the region of the
In a move that caught everyone by surprise, the Royal Government of Bhutan freed Tek Nath Rizal, along with 39 other political prisoners and 160 others convicted for cofmmon crimes,
"Asian" in America means Chang, not Chakravarti; Kong, not Kumar.
Everyone has a vice. Mine is email, or, more specifically, an on-again off-again addiction to the listserve of
Call us spoilsports, party poopers, or anti-fun, but we refuse to get goose-haired or drunk over a date, and we don't particularly relish the idea of being forced
At the same time as India gets ready to launch the 'second phase' of neo-liberal economic 'reforms', the Bharatiya Janata Party-dominated government is trying to ram
A Sri Lanka Air Force helicopter scattered jasmine blossoms on the cortege of Savumyamoorthy Thondaman, the son of a humble plantation worker who made the long trek from South India
By the time she died at age 89 on 20 November, Begum Sufia Kamal had accomplished what would take more ordinary folks many lifetimes. One of the earliest Muslim Bengalee
Besides loving our sleep, the editors of Himal like the majority of South Asians celebrate, live and sleep by a different set of calendars. The calendar of the sequel Pope,
There might be some very good reason for calling hartals, but as yet, the general public has not been let into the secret. Not that it particularly cares, knowing only
The suspense mounted as 16 November drew near. A month earlier, the new military ruler of Pakistan, Gen Pervez Musharraf, had warned all "willful" loan defaulters to repay
Akhtar Hameed Khan (1914-1999)
The death of Akhtar Hameed Khan came as an ominous portent on the eve of Pakistan's military takeover. While the rest of the country
Corruption, surruption.Let us change the subject. I am quite taken aback by continuous talk of greased palms in South Asia, and here is Transparency International once again taking South
