Forget about the power that, according to Mao Zedong, flows from the barrels of guns. Far more power actually flows through the matte black barrel of the camera lens – and
The only way to give an optimistic spin to the stalemate in government formation in Nepal is to consider it as part of the peace process. Otherwise, it is a
When one thinks of Southasia as a physical entity, the image that immediately springs to mind is that of the physical landmass. And yet, on the southern shores of Southasia
I was recently forced to overhear a conversation between strangers, two Indian women, who met on the Bhopal-Delhi Shatabdi Express. They quickly zeroed in on each other's caste.
Irrigation expert (and former Sindh irrigation and power secretary) Idris Rajput spoke to Himal Southasian about the morphology of the recent flooding. The interview was conducted on 19 August, at
Region Poverty inflation?
Come November, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced that it will be changing the way it measures global poverty. Since 1997, its country-wise Human Development
On 28 May this year, the Economic Times, India's leading business daily, carried a story titled, 'Kashmir survey finds no majority for independence'. That is a
Painting by Bhairaj Maharjan, 43x46cm
Where: Any old place I can lay my head
When: Sooner than you think
What to bring: Firestarter, ramifications, distance, baubles, your possibles bag
Over a year after the end of the war, the Sri Lankan regime is continuing the politics of confrontation, undermining the possibilities for reconciliation in the post-war period. There remains
For the third consecutive summer, the simmering anger in Jammu & Kashmir has erupted in agitation. Protestors crippled Srinagar with mass demonstrations and stone-pelting, and created a sustained challenge to
Just what is it about sex that brings out a society's deepest anxieties? Prudery and squeamishness, working in tandem with religious injunctions and restrictive laws, have managed to
