Many Nepalis would be shocked to hear that Bhutan will face load-shedding from the coming winter. The citizens of Nepal have, after all, been told for decades that Bhutan has
It had long been believed that Afghanistan possessed mineral deposits of significance, partially confirmed by Russian geologists during the 1970s and 1980s. The long years of war and instability disallowed
Okay, first things first. Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) cadres need to understand what 'irony' means. Seriously. A group of them 'protested' (read: screamed, burnt tyres, brandished
They who in folly or mere greed
Enslaved religion, markets, laws,
Borrow our language now and bid
Us to speak up in freedom's cause.
– Cecil Day Lewis (1904-1972)
Has Pakistan's project of shutting down the Internet ceased? After the 'Draw the Prophet' fiasco in June, the usually stubborn Facebook made conciliatory noises to the
In April, India's Planning Commission accepted recommendations put forth by the so-called Tendulkar Committee on a new poverty headcount for the country. Constituted by the Planning Commission under
This time Gandhi has died
And the heart is now relieved
Hope is rekindled
That people will now think
What after leaderism?
– Taranand Biyogi in Maithili poem
'Saal-dar-saal Gandhi-badh&
The massacres at two Ahmadiyya mosques in Lahore is the result of anti-Ahmadi sentiment fanned by religious extremists and allowed by a compromised state and the silent support of political parties.
