How a critically important South Asia-wide meeting on the future of large dams was scuttled because of the Government of Gujarat's influence over the Government of India.
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"Kalapani"- waters – the term has an ominous ring to it in much of South Asia due to its association with the hellish colonial-era penitentiary in the Andamans.
Hiroshima mon amour
HIROSHIMA, 5 AUGUST 1998: the day before the 53rd anniversary of the world´s first atomic bombing, which levelled the city and killed thousands of innocent men,
The monument features women in relief on a huge stone slab, and is flanked by an iron pillar that proclaims in Japanese and English, "Let peace prevail on earth&
The Nepali Supreme Court's landmark decision against virginity tests reaffirms the legal definition of marriage but it is not as progressive as it appears to be.
Bangladesh these days is getting to know what noveau celebrityhood is all about. Sitting on a potential USD 25 billion treasury chest of gas deposits, gone are the days when
Even while the SAARC leadership met on Bentota´s sunny beaches, India´s prime minister was being embarrassed by his insistent ally, Bombay´s don, Bal Thackeray. As part of
The torrential rain in Colombo preceding the SAARC summit and the gloomy skies visible through it reflected the general mood. Colombo was host to the summit but was not a
There is no evidence that indicates mountains are unfairly disadvantaged when compared to adjacent plains.
During this century, Switzerland has managed to develop that honourable mountain occupation, smuggling, into a
If he gets over his disenchantment with the nuclear daredevils of South Asia, Bill Clinton is slated to swing by Bangladesh, too, this October. Expect photo opportunities with cute street
When former Pakistan president Farooq Ahmed Khan Leghari launched a new political party in Lahore on 14 August, the Independence Day, it was widely seen as an attempt to provide
