Cover
Speaking in Tongues
by Charu Gupta and Mukul Sharma
Hindi newspapers wield overwhelming influence in Indian society, but this
power is today gravely misused to promote the interests of only one community.
The Hindi media is not displaying the responsibility that its reach
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Features
The State of the Mango Report 1996
As a service to the Subcontinent's mango aficioados, Himal South Asia
correspondents present a status report this monsoon season when late rains and
high prices have made the King of Fruits elusive.
Arts and Society
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Stopping the Shalwar Kameez
by Nuzhat Niaz
What was considered dull and plain has undergone a metamorphosis.
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Departments
Opinion
Pitfalls of Nepal's Democracy.
by Anirudha Gupta
Bangladesh's Image Problem.
byS.G. Hasan
Whenever someone needs to prove that America is sliding through a downward chute,
Bangladesh is fished out as a good example of what not to be.
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Commentary
Covering the Lords of Poverty
Armed and Dangerous
Bangla Press vs Bangla Army
Bombs in Punjab
Censuring Censorship
Letters of Discredit
Saarconomy
by Manik de Silva
Let a Thousand Islands Bloom
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Bigger Is Not Better
by Sasanka Perera
Sri Lanka's Sinhala media is in an expansionary phase, but this does not
necessaily translate into a responsible press.
Promises to Keep in Kathmandu
by Ajaya Bhadra Khanal
The Nepali language press has just made a jump from the medieval to the
modern era. It has a lot to learn.
Book Reviews
Kashmir: A Tragedy of Errors
The Military in Pakistan Image and Reality
The Game in Reverse
Saarcwatch
Analysis
Irrigation of the Nation
by B.B. Vohra
India's Ministry of Water Resources has systematically and deliberately
covered up its failures in dam-building and irrigation.
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Mail
Etiquette
Collapse of Society
NTV Has No Clothes
Against Actress on Cover
Sanitary Conditions
Neither Authentic, Certainly Not Correct
More on Solar Toilets
Model Anthropology
Mr Dahal Responds
The Telegraph on Three Journals
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Briefs
The Stolen Children of Bangladesh
Police Decoys
A Load of Bull
The Apartheid of Caste
Abominably Yours
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