A Bangladeshi Searches for His Country
by Afsan Chowdhury
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A Bangladeshi Searches for His Country
by Afsan Chowdhury
Bengalee? Yes. Muslim? Yes, mostly. Bangladeshi? Yes. South Asian? Even that too. Confused? No question about that. In its twenty-fifth year, Bangladesh is still grasping after a personality. (excerpt)
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Features

Cry for Jaffna
Uprooted lives, transient existence, unending war. The civilians of Sri Lanka's north wait for the day when they can once again call a place home.
by Quentin Dignam

Arts and Society

Book Reviews
Ideology and Constitution: Essays on Constitutional Jurisprudence
Islam in South Asia: A Regional Perspective
Departments
Commentary
Rivers Run Through It
Centrifugal Forces
Servile and/or Hostile
Consumed by Consumerism

Profile
Upwardly Mobile Ang Rita
by Deepak Thapa
Everest multi-summiteer Ang Rita Sherpa would have been an international celebrity if he spoke English, had fair skin, and concentrated on selling himself rather than grazing his yaks.

Mediafile

It's Dalai Lama vs Shugden
by Deepak Thapa
The ongoing temporal struggle between the Dalai Lama as head of the Gelugpa sect and the Britain-based Shugden community is part of a tradition that goes back to power plays between spiritual leaders in old Tibet. This time, Western followers of various forms of Tibetan Buddhism are adding fuel to the flames.
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Briefs
The Great Fall
Bangla Route to the Sea
Virtual Vitriol
Global Warning from the Himalaya
Mr Human Development
God Save the Beeb
Peaceniks Fail to Connect
Railing at the Lahore Club
Comparative Exercise
Now, Now, No Pointing Fingers

Mail
End-Use Conservation
Learning from Bangladesh
Irritation of the Nation
High Philosophy and Inhuman Practices
Independent Sharada
Saarcwatch

Analysis
The Saffron Dollar
by Biju Mathew and Vijay Prashad
Pehle Paisa, Phir Bhagwan Yankee Hindutva responds to the non-resident Indian's identity problem. Its rapid spread among NRIs is full of implications for society back home.
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Abominably Yours

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