At the fifth Joint Convention of the Pakistan-India Peoples' Forum for Peace and Democracy, everyone's eye was on a young Karachi-based journalist, Nasir, his wife and two
Shobhano Bhattacharji, o Delhi-based educationist, visits Lahore and Islamabad with a group of Indian women interested in peace with Pakistan. This was the first crossing of so-called peace groups after
It is a Lhasa shop-front, with bins full of t-shirts meant for tourists. Many of these are embroidered with the likeness of the Potala, the traditional palace of the Dalai
Back in December 1995, when a huge load of arms was air-dropped over Purulia district of West Bengal, it created a sensation that reverberated in the Indian media for months.
With a Sikh Premier in charge, a new day dawns on a Canadian province.
On 24 February, Canada´s far-western province of British Columbia swore in its new premier. The
Thought to be 'Muslim' by some, but originating in the land of the five rivers — Punjab, east and west — the salwar kameez has nearly completed its conquest of
A Sufi shrine in South India revered by Hindus and Muslims alike has been a symbol of tolerance. But all that may change if a plan to turn it into a Hindu-only temple goes ahead.
Nepalis working abroad earn more hard currency for their home country than all exports, tourism and foreign aid put together.
Most articles on Nepal by foreign correspondents would begin: "
The flight of Urgyen Trinley Dorje in early January from the Tsurphu monastery outside Lhasa, dodging Chinese border guards and braving the icy Himalayan winter was nothing short of miraculous.
The surrender of a professional murderer is bad news for several Bangladeshi police officers and politicians.
He has possibly killed more people than any other pro fessional criminal in Bangladesh.
It was perhaps the ghastliest news of the year. On 3 December, newspapers in Pakistan went to town about the killings of around 100 children by a sodomite. The news
