Comment - Himal Southasian (Page 134)

YEAR OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY

After covering a distance of some 3500 kilometres through the length and breadth of the country, a 'flag march' organised by the youth wing of the ruling Pakistan

By Zaigham Khan

/ 1 Jan 1999

PICKING UP THE PEACES

In his annual address marking Heroes' Day in late November LTTE leader Velupillai Prabhakaran spoke of the need to solve the Sri Lankan conflict in a civilised manner. His

By Jehan Perera

/ 1 Jan 1999

Addressing a public ceremony in early December, Nepali Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala complained about the severe conditions imposed by donor agencies that often had debilitating effects on project implementation.

By C K Lal

/ 1 Jan 1999

TRY THEM ALL

It is no secret that what has kept Sheikh Hasina going all these years was an uncompromising desire for revenge. All members of her immediate family, except her sister, Rehana,

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1998

e-Patriots

E-mail, Internet, and worldwide websites are showing up the sad confusions of the great Indian middle class nationalist who goes ballistic about the power and glory of his motherland while

By Jawid Laiq

/ 1 Dec 1998

Round-up of regional news

On your mark, get set… get married He is getting on my nerves, said a young unmarried Pakistani woman. She was referring not to Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's

By The Editors

/ 1 Dec 1998

BUGLE CALL

For the past two months the Sri Lankan government, using the state media, has been trying to pull off the impossible. They have been projecting the terrible losses suffered by

By Jehan Perera

/ 1 Nov 1998

Kid stuff

There is no doubt that children are great fighters. They are easy to indoctrinate and will follow blindly where their heroes lead. When children fight in a war, it is

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1998

Radical cheek

Since 13 February 1996, when the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist) launched their ´People´s War´ in the districts of Rolpa and Rukum in the mid-western hills of Nepal, the

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1998

Round-up of regional news

Musical orchids Strange to say, orchids at a farm near Guwahati, the capital of Assam, are indeed swaying to bhajans. And going by their brisk growth, they seem to be

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1998

MORE THAN A NAME

When, on 17 November, a 'private members' day', the leader of the small opposition, Saeed Manhais, stood up to speak in the majestic colonial building of the

By Zaigham Khan

/ 1 Nov 1998

Poorest Poor

It took the worst floods of the century to bring Bangladesh back into the spotlight of the international media. The sight of so much water just couldn´t be ignored,

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1998