"Hindu and Muslim" is an occasional column which reflects on the Hindu-Muslim schism, its origins and ramifications. The writer of this instalment is a Karachi-based educationist and a
Some of the more promising election-time pitches in the SAARC countries are linked to the matter of 'bad neighbour' rather than domestic issues. In India, the Bharatiya Janata
MR NICE GUY Who was the most written-about man in the Southern Hemisphere for a couple of weeks in May 1990? Why, Atal Bihari Vaj- payee, of course. All Asian
A war weary population has demonstrated a determination to stand up to LTTE
President Chandrika Kumaratunga chose her words carefully when she told a Colombo May Day rally that Sri
Twice, the Sri Lankan state crushed the JVP movement and preoccupied itself with the Tamil war in the north and east. In the south, conditions which gave rise to the
How can it be proper that Bombay (its men and economy) takes maximum advantage of poor women driven to prostitution and then dump them as soon as they are seen
Repressive social norms and traditions continue to stand in the way of Pakistani women´s rights and liberties, even those guaranteed by the Constitution. And when narrow-minded interpretations of religion
The last of the great United Nations conferences is upon us: the United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Istanbul, 3-14 June). It follows on the 1994 Cairo Conference on Population
Democracy has been shortchanged with a system of governance which welcomes loud and corrupt and keeps the intelligent and the honest at bay
Never in the history of independent India
The neglect of Tibet by South Asia's intellectuals is insensitive and ignoble. Even if they were to ignore the Tibetans in exile, what of the Tibetans within Tibet?
Reconsidering a British scholar's quarter-century-old work on caste-ethnic relations in east Nepal, a Nepali social scientist finds reason to make a case against "biased anthropology".
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The timing of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) session on the eve of an election may have ushered a new era as far is acknowledging the role of business
