The latest flareup regarding the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan has subsided for the moment, but it is not an issue that will go away. The concern this time
INDIA/ PAKISTAN
LETS KEEP IT THAT WAY
The latest flareup regarding the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan has subsided for the moment, but it is not an issue that
It has become fashionable in some puppy (politically upwardly mobile) circles in India to idolise East Asian models of authoritarian capitalism and yearn for discipline and order. But, surely, democracy
The refusal of the Australian and West Indies cricket teams to play World Cup matches in Colombo, ironically, was enough to shift international attention away from the event that had
The recent meeting of the Commerce Ministers of the SAARC countries and the SAARC Trade Fair culminated in announcements and commitments. SAARC Trade Centres are going to be established and
New veins may contain less toxic blood. New generations in both India and Pakistan may be more willing to let the past stay in the past.
In March 1948, when
India should learn to differentiate among its neighbours. Nepal and Sri Lanka cannot be spoken of in the same breath as Pakistan and Bangladesh.
A good policy, according to Kautilya,
Neo-Gandhian Maoists vs. Nehruvian Stalinists
When everyone thought that the day of the large dam was over, the tables turned with a sudden agreement on a massive project on the
Few can match the skills of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and her Pakistan People´s Party when it comes to creating intimidating opponents and rivals out of whatever is
The Lhotshampa refugees from Bhutan in the camps of southeast Nepal have finally raised some dust. Having tarried for over five years on UN HCR dole, waiting for desultory talks
The 15 February elections in Bangladesh left a government loudly proclaiming victory, and almost no quarter giving it the benefit of the doubt. Voting day itself was marked with polling
When Indian External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee and his Nepali counterpart, Prakash Chandra Lohani, put their signature on a treaty for the integrated development of the Mahakali river, which runs
