One Nation, Two Discourses
by Khaled Ahmed
The mind of Pakistan is an Urdu mind, but this language of poets and mystics is ill- equipped to tackle the modern-day discussions of economics and politics.

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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 demands.(excerpts)

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

No 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

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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0 Briefs
The Stolen Children of Bangladesh
Police Decoys
A Load of Bull
The Apartheid of Caste

Abominably Yours
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