If SAARC is to succeed, it must lead to something that citizens can really experience. Much of what SAARC has done thus far is little more than talk at the
Representing seven percent of global demand, energy consumption in Southasia is considered low for a region with more than 22 percent of the world's population. However, as the
All regional groupings have their peculiarities, but none more so than SAARC. It may seem pedantic to ask how many countries constitute SAARC, since any student of high-school civics would
The democratic revolution in Nepal ousted a deeply entrenched and centuries-old monarchy, and the country is now engaged in the process of building a republic. This expression by the people
"Southasian' is one among the many identities that I carry, and I am also a Muslim, a Pakistani, a Punjabi, a Lahori, a teacher, a researcher, an economist
Fortunately or unfortunately, this piece, like the headquarters of SAARC, will have to be located in Nepal. My case, quite frankly, is that if there is a larger identity I
Since we are
our worst enemies,
is it any surprise
that barbed wire,
watchtowers and searchlights
keep neighbours apart,
border guards suddenly
slug it out
for no apparent reason,
families
After a lifetime of sorts in Madras, I moved to Kathmandu at the age of 42. More than anything else, this was an opportunity to understand, in practice, as the
The colour of my skin?
In a land sold on fairness creams?
Common language?
Only one shared sentence: death.
Shared history?
Wasn't all Empire was it?
Ancestors?
Didn&
Let us begin at the beginning – not with India as the 'core' but rather with the periphery, which will decide the outcome of the Southasian dream. Unless this
My paintings are but expressions of the aspirations of the oppressed majority around me. They are reflections of a society in need of social change. The geographical, socio-political and religious
