In an old myth of the Subcontinent, a giant bird or demon swallows the moon, plunging the earth into darkness. In this painting by Sabir Nazar, however, most of the
The conflict between Shias and Sunnis, though ancient in its origins, has come to the fore with dramatic intensity on the international stage with the execution of ousted Iraqi dictator
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Never in the past two decades has the situation been as favourable as now for progress on one of the most intractable Southasian conflicts of our times. We
Burma is the starkest example of a closed society in Southasia. An oppressive regime continues to hold sway over the country. Respect for human rights is, for all purposes, an
Thousands of years ago, in the historic silk-route city of Baku on the banks of the Caspian Sea, ancients worshipped a phenomenon they could hardly comprehend: pillars of fire leaping
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Assam is bleeding. In the first week of January, armed with Kalashnikovs and other weaponry, rebels of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) carried out a series
Two cabinet ministers flanked Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse when he met visiting Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee in mid-January. One was Mukherjee's counterpart Mangala Samaraweera. The other
Awarding the 2006 Man Booker Prize to The Inheritance of Loss amounts to trivialising marginal communities, in this case the Nepalis of the Darjeeling hills.
Will Dharamsala’s insistence on following the current form of the Dalai Lama’s Middle Way approach continue to hinder a return to Lhasa? Will China ever relent?
"A BUTTON for your belly", announced the style section of New York magazine, and displayed the Navel Bindi Bliss (NBB) in action. Apparently coming hot on the heels
Five years of backward progress on securing the country now has NATO forces taking over security in Afghanistan. With few of the lessons of the past having sunk in, it appears unlikely that the country will breathe easier in the coming year.
