Manmohan Singh has the image of being a moderate man, not prone to exaggeration or extreme reaction. Therefore, if such a person, perhaps in desperation, refers to how there is
The middle class, dhoti-panjabi-clad bhadralok has appropriated a large part of the written history of colonial Bengal. This urban, middle-class, liberally educated individual had also become the cultural symbol of
Make hay while the sun shines, they say, and in the evening sleep. Or make the most of food and wine, they continue, and into the nighttime weep. In this
Narendra Modi's triumphant return to power in Gujarat, by a huge margin, is as much a victory of Moditva – the brand of rightwing exclusionary politics espoused by Modi
Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen is arguably India's pre-eminent intellectual, and has long been in high demand throughout the world as a graduation speaker, conference participant and interviewee.
While at school at the Central School for Tibetans in Mussoorie, my classmates and I used to sing a song that went, "Chocho mangmi la madro, haapen bholo yoki
Nine months after a military-driven interim government assumed power in Bangladesh, the country is facing its greatest peril of the past decade and a half. Despite the promise of free
After the left nearly walked out of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government over the much-hyped civilian nuclear deal with the US, the beleaguered Congress managed only the smallest reprieve
Three recent events have brought the unique relationship between India and Nepal strongly back into focus. Exactly as Nepal's political crisis was spiking, with the Maoists planning to
For the dramatically inclined, Pakistan's political scenario may look like a dark comedy: puppet politicians dancing to the tune of the Three Puppeteers – Army, America and Allah. One
The sense of purity in this work by Lhasa artist Ang Sang is created in part by the limited palette that the artist has employed. The background here is the
Burma's continuing political drama has recently come to a major crossroads, with the ruling military junta's future suddenly looking rather uncertain. The first stage on the
