There are no universals in the problems and solutions of the mountain situation, says a compelling book on Himachal Pradesh.
Two decades ago the renowned Indologist, Agehananda Bharati, wrote an
The organisers had found themselves in a similar bind in 1998, after then prime minister Nawaz Sharif announced the controversial 'Shariat Bill' (Constitutional Amendment 15) which would have
Earth Door Sky Door
paintings of Mustang by
Robert Poweril
Serindia Publications
A Citizen's Guide to the Globalisation of Finance
by Kavaljit Singh
Zed Books, London, 1999
pp xt+187, INR 120
Militarism in India: The Army and Civil Society in Consensus
by Apurba Kundu
Taurus Academic Studies, London, 1998
230 pp, GBP 45
Savaging the Civilised
by Ramachandra Guha
OUP. New Delhi, 1999
pp x+398
Juhi sulks. Jackson loves Mahatma Gandhi. Jaffrey shoots his mouth. The Bollywood virus hits Gotham.
It was a near-sell-out-delirious crowd that bellowed and jumped on seats at the Bollywood Awards
An eminently watchable movie based on a mediocre novel.
reviewed by Paramjit Rai
Talking to Rehan Ansari in these pages some months back, filmmaker Deepa Mehta noted that making films
The Call of Nepal
by J.P. Cross
Bibhotheca Himalayica, Kathmandu, 1998
241 pp, NPR __
Moran of Kathmandu: Pioneer Priest, Educator, and Ham Radio Voice of the Himalayas
by Donald A. Messerschmidt
White Orchid Press, Bangkok.
1997314 pp, NPR 650
Living as a Muslim In a Plural Society
by Faziur Rahman Farldi
Islamic Foundation, Madras, 1998
pp 105, INR 65
