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The Power of Compassion or the Power of Rhetoric
by Kim Gutschow
A Report on the Fourth International Conference on Buddhist Women.
A South Asian in American Academia
by Binod Bhattarai
An annual conference which has its downside, but the ups seem to more than make up for it.
Lumbini as Disneyland
by Rachana Pathak
At the sacred site of Siddhartha Gautam's birth, archaeologists run amok, architects are needlessly ostentatious and sects outspend each other. The meaning of the dharma is greatly diluted.
From Sea to Shining Sea
by Mahesh Uniyal
Doon School in Dehra Dun Wants a Taste of SAARC. |
The Porter's Burden
by Kanak Mani Dixit
Bearing loads on the back the way his ancestors did fifteen thousand years ago, the Nepali porter carries an evolutionary legacy as well as a modern-day burden. Treating his condition would also cure the socio-economic ills of Nepal's hill peasantry.
Say When, Burma
by Satya Sivaraman
Burmese democrats seem confident that their day is coming, but the Rangoon junta is busy establishing military and economic alliances. Meanwhile, returned Indian exiles are back in business.
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