A glance at the major acts of terror perpetrated by militants and rebels of all colours across Southasia in the decade from 1999 to 2008 can only induce horror. The
Another day, another Thursday. The Lounge Lizards, a certain trio, or Imran with his band, would sing for a blasé Dhaka crowd suffering from acute fatigue stemming from the chronic
Following millions of fellow Southasian citizens, this writer woke up early on the morning of 27 November to the horror of violence in Bombay. On television, I watched the images
On 26 November, as news channels in Pakistan began to flash breaking news of the attacks in Bombay, Pakistanis were, like Indians, instantly glued to their television sets. They stayed
The defining moment of the 26-29 November 2008 attacks on Bombay came the first night. We were a group of journalists standing at the Taj Mahal Hotel. We had rushed
The reaction of the mainstream media in India to the mayhem in Bombay was Pavlovian: if there were explosions and innocent victims, then it must be Islamist 'terrorism'
The Bengali has about him an intellectual air but remains equally essentially a gourmand. The demands of his cuisine are such that a satisfactory meal is (or, as we shall
For regulars on the Delhi-Chandigarh route, a stopover at Puran Singh ka Mashoor Dhaba is an absolute must. Those familiar with this eatery try their utmost to reach here well
In the last year, seminars and conferences in Kathmandu have begun to include categories of people that would never have been there a few years ago. This photograph of a
The Janakpur airport is crowded. There is a four-day general strike across the eastern Tarai plains. The highway is blocked, and road travel is impossible. People are keen to catch
In 1895, Rudyard Kipling is believed to have written, "The wildest dreams of Kew are the facts of Kathmandu." It is not known whether Kipling was referring to
