The new government in Pakistan had raised hopes of more press freedom, but at the moment this is remaining a pipedream. The privately owned television station Geo, one of the
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Rice connectivity
Over the past couple of months, nearly every country in the region has undergone its own, unique crisis under the rubric of the ongoing food crisis. First
Kabul is a city of dramatic contrasts. In the streets, shiny black-windowed limousines drive alongside scruffy pushcarts with wobbly wheels. On the sidewalks, one-legged beggars hold out hands to well-dressed
Who would have thought the roof of the world could be such a turbulent place? From the foothills of the Himalaya, to the mountain passes of Bhutan, and up on
The 1950 Treaty of Peace and Friendship between India and Nepal has come fully into the limelight following the recent Constituent Assembly elections in the latter. Mention of the treaty
The Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist), two years after abandoning guerrilla warfare to participate in aboveground politics, now finds itself set to lead the government. On 10 April, the former
In Dhaka, there is a sense of a lull before the storm. At the beginning of last year – nearly 16 months ago – a quasi-military interim government swept into power riding
The passage of time is a disconcertingly irksome phrase when looking towards the misty future. It is not incorrect, of course. Passage itself can certainly be a sprightly verb disguised
Three important realisations have emerged following the historic March 2008 uprising in Tibet. First and foremost, Tibetans within Tibet, although often labelled 'voiceless', have regained the initiative on
BANGLADESH/ INDIA
All aboard!
After months of discussion – and four decades of waiting – the Maitree (friendship) Express finally chugged across the India-Bangladesh border on 14 April, the first day of
Even in Afghanistan – residence of which often carries a level of fascination for those outside – going to the Wakhan corridor is considered considerably exotic. This small strip of land, making
If all the lands and legacies in Southasia smelled of democracy, poetry in Southasia would undoubtedly be limp and sodden. While Nepal has striven to become a true Naya Nepal,
