It is okay if some people find Mount Kailash just a very interesting mountain, because it is certainly that. But to many, it is much more. This massif with a
The sputtering row over the 'Indian' priests of Pashupatinath Temple in Kathmandu has its origins in the xenophobia that evolved as part of the hill-centric Nepali nationalist psyche,
In these times of political flux all over the Himalayan region, it is essential to be sensitive to assertions of identify. Such sensitivity is especially important in Nepal, whose people
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
So we are supposed to be proud to be Southasians. For what? That we have the distinction of being the most violent place on earth? Take a look at just
As Jet Airways Flight 262 from Kathmandu was landing in Delhi, I looked out of the right window in search of familiar landmarks: first the Jamuna barrage, then the sewage-treatment
At a recent international development conference in Johannesburg an expert on conflict, development, HIV/AIDS and climate change – a person of Southasian ancestry, naturalised in the UK and with a
The longest, undivided, fully-clothed, shark-free mud-beach in the world.
The advances in science made by our Southasian ancestors go beyond the discovery of the number zero. Using extrasensory perception, they recorded Andromeda – nay, even galaxies further away; and in
If we have paan and speak with our upper jaw active while the lower jaw balances the juice, it is considered no extraordinary feat across the borders of the Subcontinent.
It used to be that the sound of helicopters in Nepali skies was cause for dread, for two reasons. First, it could mean there was an insurgency attack somewhere, and
Bistirno duparer
Ashonkho manusher
Hahakar shunye-o
Nishobdo nirobey
O Gonga tumi,
Gonga boyechho kyano
In the lyrics and music inspired by Paul Robeson's version of "Ol'
