Self-criticism came more readily to our forebears.
Introspection and self-absorbed bigotry have traditionally walked hand-in-hand in Southasia. Megalomaniac rulers, the leech-like priestly classes and their bete noire, the serenely divine
It has been a month of high drama in Bangladeshi politics – things have been melodramatic, in fact, even for election season. The storm that has been gathering over many months
On 22 September 2006, the Supreme Court of India, one of the most proactive courts in the world, directed the governments at the state and the union level to institutionalise
It has been a month of Indian media houses organising big jamborees. The Hindustan Times Summit saw Delhi's power elite, a galaxy of political leaders from across the
In this section of a larger panorama, Venantius J Pinto shows us a village that may be the epitome of decrepit. Ramshackle structures stand with walls cracked and doors off-hinge.
The political agreement reached by the Seven-Party Alliance on 9 November and a peace agreement signed between the two sides on 21 November, besides committing the Maoists to abandoning their
President Mahinda Rajapakse's decision to open the A9 Highway to Jaffna as a one-time measure to send humanitarian supplies to Jaffna has come as a surprise, albeit a
Muslims remain the silent underclass of secular India. From lack of access to education to negligible representation in public employment, they lag behind on all socio-economic indicators. A new report,
INDIA/PAKISTAN More trains, not too many New Delhi and Islamabad have given signals recently that they are keen to build on the initial success of their crossborder train lines.
The political situation in Bangladesh has become so volatile that anything a reporter writes runs the risk of being out of date by the time it gets to print. The
The proposed free trade area agreement between India and the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) is unlikely to materialise in the near future. Deep divisions have crept up
While the history of the current process of Sri Lanka's globalisation goes back to the colonial period, the opening up of the country's economy 40 years
