The Great Fall
SHE DOES IT. Most of the Madams do it, and the rest of the Begums imitate them. That is, how Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of Pakistan, first
The Stolen Children of Bangladesh
" I want to go home… I want to go home… I want to go home…" The drone goes on like the chant of
The Priceless Jewel
PRINCE GYANENDRA, brother of King Birendra of Nepal, has kept a low profile since the royal family was swept off the front pages following the people´s
Bangladesh Artists Visit Pakistan
SOON AFTER A contingent of retired Indian army officers and their wives returned after a goodwill visit of Pakistan, it was time for cultural visitors from
Sex on the BBC
BBC is into sex. The bastion of propriety, after spending years broadcasting on all conceivable issues, has finally waken up to what is possibly the most
Cleaner Air in Kathmandu
WHAT IS MADE in India, is powered by Bangladeshi batteries, charged with Nepali electricity, and runs on us-made DC motors?
Answer: Kathmandu´s electric three-wheeler commuter
KATHMANDU — The world of refugeedom tends to be divided between political exiles and economic migrants, even though the dividing line between the two is often blurred. However, there is one
KATHMANDU – Six o´clock in the morning, the famous Kathmandu fog still covers the citystreets as Amar Thapa heaves the shutters of his popular kiosk at Putalisadak.
Outside, there are
We South Asians are in the horns of a conundrum. Our society thrives in contradiction, and this subject deserves a chhota dekko.
Here we have a rich and vibrant culture
YADONG – China and India have been in almost continuous dialogue for the past three years on de-escalating tension along the disputed frontiers in the Indian Northeast and Ladakh. They have
DHAKA – "Nobody visits Bangladesh, not even Bangladeshis," is a common refrain. Bangladesh has the dubious honour of being the only South Asian country not mentioned in any serious
BIRATNAGAR – Both the Kosi Project and the Sunsan Morang Irrigation Project (SMIP) take water from the Kosi river as it descends to the plains from the eastern Nepal hills, but
