It has long been understood that any goal of strengthening federalism in India by utilising the existing state boundaries will create fissures between communities and ethnic groups. Stronger federalism, after
On 7 June, 25 years and six months after the Bhopal gas disaster, Chief Judicial Magistrate Mohan P Tiwari sentenced former Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) chairman Keshub Mahindra and
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If you plan on watching live coverage of the upcoming Pakistani elections on your favourite private Pakistani TV channel, you are in for a disappointment. All private Pakistani TV
NDTV looks all set to go truly Southasian, having entered into a distribution partnership with Dialog TV, Sri Lanka's leading direct-to-home (DTH) service provider, for its English news
When the floods come this time
Bodies will remain, souls will be washed away
Next time when floods come
Floods will remain, bodies will be washed way.
– Kuber Datta in
Will levying annual license fees on TV sets really pull Prasar Bharati out of its financial crisis? And is it proper? The Indian government's proposal rests on the
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'Trade through the border'
The Nathula pass between Sikkim and Tibet reopened at the beginning of May, a month earlier than last year. It
Evidently the Sri Lankan government is looking to reform its image in the international media. How? By chiding journalists for the poor job they have done! Prime Minister D M
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Lights on – sorry, off
With a turnover of close to USD 2.3 billion per annum and an output of nearly a thousand movies each year, the Indian film
The political stability promised by the People's Movement of April 2006, which led to the downfall of the Nepali monarchy and brought the Maoists into aboveground politics, has
Around the world, the narrative of the past two hundred years can arguably be framed in terms of how peoples of different 'nations' have come together and defined