There is a popular saying in Southasia: 'Your closest kin is your worst enemy.' The fratricidal war between the Kauravas and the Pandavas in the Mahabharata bears testimony
The Tiger Vanquished: LTTE's story
by M R Narayan Swamy
Sage, 2010
Cobbling together a regurgitation of past work often results in a frustratingly stunted product. But this
Nepali writers in English – including Samrat Upadhyay, Manjushree Thapa and Sheeba Shah – are pushing forward the rise of a new, modern literary scene
Indra Bahadur Rai, the Darjeeling-based Nepali-language writer, has written on the life of Nepali speakers in and around the Himalaya throughout his literary career. His writings are seminal to contemporary Nepali literature, and have played an instrumental role in shaping the popular understanding
As elections approach in an unnamed North Indian capital, an unanticipated crisis befalls the leading political party. When the chief suffers a paralytic stroke, the powerful dynasty that heads the
Acho Namgyal: Shey Kyi Jinpa
Directed by Sonam Tashi and Eric Henningsen
ION, 2010
Sonam Tashi, popularly called Acho Danny, was a young man when he first went out in
'In the eighteenth century, Karachi was a small walled city with a population of a thousand inhabitants living in an area of 0.12 sq km,' starts the
It all started with a Belgian boy who had a great curiosity for maps. The curiosity became a passion before moving onwards into a passionate obsession. And, after he felt
Jamsheed Kaikobad Ardeshir Marker, from a distinguished Parsi family of Quetta, first became known as a cricket commentator, together with Omar Qureshi, during the 1950s. His diplomatic career began a
Seasons of Flight
by Manjushree Thapa
Penguin/Viking, 2010
When Thapa's The Tutor of History was published, in 2001, it was hailed as the first significant novel to
Is this a book, a magazine or an academic journal? Pahar is none of these, yet a little bit of each. It is a new concept: an annual magazine that
Falling water is Nepal´s wealth. As is the case with some other small, land-locked countries like Paraguay, Laos and Bhutan, its hydro-electric potential is Nepal´s greatest natural resource.
