Uttar Pradesh, the state of polio
The Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (UP) accounts for 68 percent of polio cases reported worldwide. According to data from the National Polio Surveillance
SAARC interrupted
The Ministry of External Affairs in South Block might get a sense of how the rest of South Asia looks at its reluctance to go to the Islamabad
Since we Subcontinentals hate each other everywhere all the time, there is nothing new to report there. But it may be useful to try and do a survey of the
There is Old Delhi, the ancient city by the Jamuna; and there is New Delhi, built by Lutyens and the capital of the Raj, just in time to be intercepted
Who knows how the bearded man got here to Dhanusha, in the southeastern plains of Nepal. But he told the villagers he was from Bangladesh. Before he was lynched.
Some
No, Megan, no! Uh-oh, Kirsten! (I am addressing model Megan Fox and actress Kirsten Dunst, see pics.) That is not the way to pose for a photograph in our rapidly
Hindustan Times, Omkar Goswami
6 July
If you combined the words, 'good', 'bad', 'resonant' and 'yawn', you would get a complete typology
Dawn
1 July
The interconnections between different militant groups operating in the Waziristan agencies is becoming increasingly apparent as the state edges closer to an armed confrontation with Baitullah Mehsud&
Truly historic
Regarding your recent commentary (July, "President sahiba for India?"), whether or not Pratibha Patil was the "first" or "natural" choice is immaterial
Show, don't tell
Thanks for your recent cover section on fundamentalisms (October-November). Your coverage was not only useful to me as a bideshi but also, I can assume,
Mail Middle-class assertion
In last month's issue, Kanak Mani Dixit and Sripad Dharmadhikary fluently illuminated the enduring legacy engendered by centralised dam projects in Southasia: mass displacement and
Communist Taliban
Upon reading Kanak Mani Dixit's article (June, "A tryst with Nepali destiny"), I was struck by the writer's optimism about 22 November
