India - Himal Southasian (Page 79)

How not to do a South Asian Treaty…

The initialling of the treaty, the circumstances that preceded, attended and followed it, its ratification followed by nearly immediate descent into disgrace and the limbo it has since lapsed into

By Dipak Gyawali and Ajaya Dixit

/ 1 Apr 2001

The Press and Mr. Roshan’s Non-Remark

There are no gatekeepers anymore… Things are no longer vetted by the press. They're vetted by the public. – Tom Rosenstiel, director, Project for Excellence in Journalism, 1998 There

By Shanuj V.C

/ 1 Feb 2001

Eye in the Sky

India, Pakistan and Nuclear Confidence A water vapour plume from a cooling tower vent at Khushab and the discharge of hot water at Trombay prove that Pakistan and India are

By Hui Zhang

/ 1 Feb 2001

The Paradox of the Nepali Mindset: Hate India, Love India

They said, "Hrithik Roshan insulted Nepal. We should avenge that insult. Burn his posters on the streets, tear up his postcards. Torch his film and the movie hall where

By Tapan K. Bose

/ 1 Feb 2001

The publication of Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's much-talked-about "Musings" in leading Indian newspapers in early January, and the post-publication recriminations in the national press,

By Swaraj Chauhan

/ 1 Feb 2001

Chinese Checkers with Li Peng

Li Peng, China's second most powerful leader, came visiting India in early January, and clearly his interest was more than a pose with Mrs. Li in front of

By Shastri Ramachandran

/ 1 Feb 2001

Riots, rumours and refugees

Even as the 10th round of ministerial level talks to resolve the decade-long refugee dispute between Nepal and Bhutan moved towards an encouraging consensus, Nepal's peace was shattered

By The Editors

/ 1 Jan 2001

The table waits

Though militant groups in Kashmir have rejected the unilateral ceasefire announced by Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee as a conspiracy to "sabotage the movement", the 11-year-old armed

By Kousar Bukhari

/ 1 Jan 2001

When China nukes India

Dragonfire by Humphrey Hawksley, Macmillan, London, 2000 Styled as India's Nostradamus, the BBC recently showcased Vimal Singh predicting a Confederation of India and Pakistan by the year 2015.

By Rita Manchanda

/ 1 Nov 2000

Opening old wounds

A Decade of Confrontation: Sri Lanka and India in the 1980s by John Gooneratne Stamford Lake Publication Sri Lanka, 2000 Sri Lanka's side of the story on the

By Ashok K. Mehta

/ 1 Nov 2000

FRIENDS AND FOES

India's ongoing attempt to establish a "working relationship" with the Burmese junta has suffered from some rather bad timing recently. The Indian home secretary was in

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 2000

MORE IS BETTER

India's make-up will soon start looking different. Backward Bihar will no longer be its second most populous state. That status will go to Maharashtra, India's most

By Praful Bidwai

/ 1 Nov 2000