Cover

A Post-Nationalist South Asia

The South Asian Nation needs to re-invent itself before it is torn apart by internecine conflicts.
by Imtiaz Ahmed

Nation, State and Self-Hatred

South Asia lifted the idea of nation state from borrowed books. There is, however, another way of entering the twenty-first century.
(-full story)
by Ashis Nandy

A State and Its Death Sentences

Killer words have a place in the lexicon of states. Their use can devastate societies.
by Zia Mian

ARTS &AMP SOCIETY

The Birds of Nepal, and a Book

Bird watching is trying to gain wing in Nepal, spurred by a unique manual prepared by an American father-and-son team.
(-full story)
by Deepak Thapa

Book Review

Testing Times: The Global Stake in a Nuclear Test Ban

The Conditions of Listening: Essay on Religion, History and politics in South Asia Features

FEATURES

Everything You Wanted to Know About the World Bank (in South Asia)

Not every project that the World Bank proposes to the countries of South Asia is in their interest. So how do you go about challenging the Bank?
by Pratap Chatterjee

The Shadow Citizens

There are gays in every society, including Bengali society, and there is no sense in suppressing and stifling homosexuality.
(-full story)
by Afsan Chowdhury

DEPARTMENT

MAIL

Ideology and Ignorance
Tibetan and Bhutanese Refugees
Celluloid Successes
Universal Hindus
Health and the Hindu
Lure of Danger
Missing Maldives
30 Billion Litres
Limitations of Discipline
Fashionable Homogenising
Surpassing the Limits of Suggestion

COMMENTARY

"Love Thy Neighbour"
Experiments with Caretaker
The Rot at the Top
Hang the Environmentalist

SAARCWATCH

BRIEFS

The Priceless Jewel
Janus on Kashmir
Rimpoche Jones, Cool Dude
Free, but Hungry
Who Won in Bangladesh?
A Bhutan-Assam Corridor For Wildlife Hillman's Rest

ANALYSIS

Who will Upset Whose Applecart?

Druk Yul, the Kingdom of Bhutan, is within striking distance of what all South Asian countries want--development. But now it has an unsettling refugee problem on its hands.
by A.C. Sinha

PROFILE

Lyn de Alwis: Sri Lanka's Mr Zoo

This Sri Lankan man is able to bring pleasure to millions with his knack for running zoos. He also saves wild elephants.
by Manik de Silva

MEDIAFILE

OPINION

Idea and Reality, Nepal and Rolpa

The national-level politicians and political Parties have failed Nepal, oblivious as they are of cynicism and desperation that is developing countrywide.
by Rishikesh Shah

Neo-Aryan Bid for Power

The root problem of divisivenes in the Subcontinent stems from the arrogant assumption of the contemporary (Aryan) exponents of aggressive Hinduism that they speak for the whole of India.
(-full story)

by Bill Aitken

SAARCONOMY

A South Asian Labour Rights Charter Why Not?
by Mukul

YOUNG SOUTHASIAN

Tornado Tales

ABOMINABLY YOURS

[Himal South Asia Home Page]

[Subscription Information]