Art: Bilash Rai
In 1981, Barack Obama visited his mother and sister in Indonesia. On his return to the US, he stopped for three weeks in Karachi, from where he
Greg Constantine
BANGLADESH/ PAKISTAN
Finally, citizens
While the Rajasthan government is milking the recent Jaipur bombings to target 'illegal Bangladeshi migrants', the issue of citizenship has re-emerged as
President Hamid Karzai is a man often berated for his weaknesses, both real and perceived. Recently, however, he created a stir by appearing to advocate for military strikes into Pakistani
The movement of Nepal's political evolution has recently been similar to that of a pendulum, swinging between breathtaking advances that are nothing less than historic, and political stalemate
Pakistan today is like an airplane lost within a thundercloud, running on autopilot. Both its coordinates and destination were set by previous crew members, who have long since parachuted out.
Some Indian media outlets got a little too carried away by dramatics while covering former Nepali king Gyanendra Shah's departure from Narayanhiti Palace in mid-June. Star News, for
Photo: Rahraw Omarzad, Centre for Contemporary Arts
Whatever happened to old what's-her-name? You remember, the one with the long, shiny hair, black like raven's feathers, who
A baby cried, an old man coughed with tuberculosis-infected lungs, and two young men and a girl crooned an old Mara song. A Burmese cheroot was lit, and passed it
We hear nice things about Southasian camaraderie emanating from South Block, and we believe them. As the SAARC summit rolls up in early August, we can expect to hear from
Early May witnessed extraordinary scenes in India's Rajya Sabha, where women parliamentarians formed a protective cordon around Law Minister H R Bhardwaj as he tabled the 81st Constitutional
New Delhi policymakers do not need to go far to see that there is something wrong with their development model. While one part of the capital city witnesses a booming
Sri Lankans have become used to the idea of elections every year, so the polls for the Eastern Provincial Council should have been just another routine exercise. Yet this was
