South Asia's blurred cultural boundaries are being given sharp edges with frontiers full of patrolling soldiers, the raising of border security forces, and even barbed barricades and floodlights.
By the time the Ganga winds its way across the north Indian plains and enters Bangladesh in the dry season, there isn't much water left in it. In
The tourist on the way to Mussoorie or Nainital, Uttar Pradesh's hill stations, passes the beautiful green, yellow and golden fields of the Himalayan foothills. But appearances are
How a programme to revitalise moribund village panchayats has achieved success in a corner of the Uttar Pradesh hills. The key was to let the villagers themselves take active charge