I saw on television a picture more awesome than the familiar mushroom cloud of nuclear explosion. The mountain had turned white. I wondered how much pain had been felt by
THE HINDUSTAN TIMES, NEW DELHI, 14 MAY 1998
India's bomb tests are morally shameful and politically foolish. Any act which legitimises or promotes the production or deployment of
Bangladesh really does not matter, but China is willing to remain a good friend.
The defining moment in Sino-Bangla relations probably came during the killings of 1971, when Beijing chose
Politics, economics and culture determine what South Asians see on their computer screens.
Of South Asia's 1.3 billion citizens, 96 percent are currently excluded from using the
If india was looking towards the general elections to clear some of the uncertainties that cloud the political horizon, it could not have been more baffled. The single largest party
There is never a dull moment in the Pakistan polity, with what the erudite call "fissiparous tendencies" erupting all over all the time. This was as true during
Even Joseph Heller, creator of the absurd illogic of Catch-22, would have been impressed by the convoluted reasoning. A retired Supreme Court justice, offering his opinion on the suitability
Sri Lanka´s best-known cartoonist, Wijesoma, neatly encapsulated what 50 years of Independence has meant for his homeland in a savagely effective cartoon published in the run-up to the 4
Leveling Crowds: Ethnonationalist Conflicts and Collective Violence in South Asia
by Stanley J. Tambiah
Vistaar Publications, New Delhi, 1996
The how and why of mob violence in India, Pakistan and
