Articles with tag: south Asia
Cheap is Cool
Ejaz Haroon Sep 28, 2009 interacts: 7Yeah, us South Asians are a cheap bunch. There was a report on NPR this morning about how we’re rated at the bottom of the barrel when we travel.
Foreign Worker Expulsions Hit South Asia
Riaz Haq Mar 17, 2009 interacts: 2As the global economic crisis continues to take its toll in US, Europe, Middle East and East Asia, South Asian workers overseas are being let go in large numbers.
Leadership Crisis of South Asia
Ilhan Niaz Feb 14, 2009 interacts: 10Asking people to choose from amongst the likes of Narendra Modi, Bal Thackeray, Sheikh Hasina Wajid, Khaleda Zia, or the assorted Nehru-Gandhis, Sharifs, Chaudhries is an exercise in futility.
Gaza: A New Awakening in the American-Arab Youth
Yasmin Qureshi Jan 21, 2009 interacts: 11During the election campaign many discussions centered on why Muslims have no voice in the campaign. Some analysts concluded it was because Muslims are not part of the ‘American story’.
Heed Tariq Ali's Voice
anil sharma Jan 14, 2009 interacts: 96A veteran on the South Asian scene, Ali has clinically diagnosed the post-partition developments with a sympathetic mind without losing the desired element of objectivity.
The Future of Indo Pak Conflict
Agha Amin Nov 30, 2008 interacts: 79What are the chances of peace being established between Pakistan and India?
Historian Amaresh Misra on South Asia
AliHasan Cemendtaur Sep 28, 2008 interacts: 360Left alone, South Asia would have evolved more smoothly into the Industrial age, says historian Amaresh Misra
India Pakistan Talks
Aparna Pande May 19, 2008 interacts: 13India and Pakistan are to have Foreign Minister and Foreign Secretary level talks starting May 20 in Islamabad. It is time to once again look at the chessboard and see what has changed.
On disowning Bhagat Singh and Other Vagaries
AliHasan Cemendtaur Oct 26, 2007 interacts: 48“Zia Ul Haq ordered to destroy all Hindi and Gurmukhi books of the library. The books were thrown in a nala (sewage channel) that ran by the library.�
The Political-Economy of the South Asian Economic Union
Athar Osama Dec 30, 2005 interacts: 91While SAFTA doesn't seem to make immediate economic sense, a South Asian Economic Union (SAEU) may still make considerable political sense, provided its anchor country, India, displays the kind of 'self-less' leadership required to make it a reality.
SAARC Syndrome: Asia's Burden
Syed J Hussain Dec 3, 2005 interacts: 152This is Asia, completely corrupt and bogged down under its own weight. Adding a straw to break the camel’s back is SAARC,Adding a straw to break the camel’s back is SAARC. In the last two decades it has done nothing except to raise hopes and t
India-Pakistan: Friends on Visa
Beena Sarwar Mar 13, 2004 interacts: 25When people from India and Pakistan meet, peace seems the most favoured option.
