On the southern tip of India, barely 20 km from Kanyakumari and just across the water from Sri Lanka, the public-sector Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) is setting
His organisation sends Bangladeshis out of the country by utilising fake passports, Hasan Fakir, a core member of a Dhaka-based manpower-trafficking syndicate, recently confessed. Fakir, who runs a labour-recruitment agency,
As vibrant and industrious as lifestyles are in Dhaka, the Urdu-speaking inhabitants of Mohammadpur's Geneva Camp, in the very centre of the city, live lives that change very
For many Southasians, the image they hold of Manipuri women is one of strength, empowerment and activism. Northeast India in general is often depicted as a 'utopia' of
When the dust began to settle after the Jana Andolan (People's Movement) of April 2006, Nepalis expected that foreign assistance would come pouring in, making up for lost
When the Tharus of Rajasthan migrated to the Himalayan foothills some 400 years ago as it is said, they left behind more than just the desert sands. From a diet
The Indian Army and associated paramilitary forces fighting in Kashmir are losing more men to stress than to militant attacks. The capacity of the 1.3 million-strong army – an estimated
While Burmese refugees living in Thailand and Bangladesh receive intermittent attention, the situation of those in India goes unnoticed both within India and internationally. The northeastern states, in particular Mizoram
The recent assembly elections in Assam, with results out in mid-May, represent a turning point in the state's political evolution. New outfits are jostling for political space with
Nearly 600 delegates of exile Tibetans decided to follow the Dalai Lama's long-held moderate approach of the Middle Way after a week-long 'special meeting' that concluded
June, 1990. Following the publication of an article in the Sri Lanka daily The Island about the parliamentary elections of the Maldives that had taken place the previous year, the
It is May, the wedding season in Garhwal, and the mountains reverberate with the sounds of drums and Scottish pipes. Colourful wedding parties can be seen winding their way through
