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Eat, drink, write 20 May 2013
: Nice piece.Stuff it.Trilateral agreement for Nepali trade 18 May 2013 : There has been a rumor going on that Nepal and Bangladesh did try to create a new trade platform. In...Extra Terrestrial Piracy 18 May 2013 : Modern day pirates but now they wear suits and ties. Sri Lanka's reputation is being trashed because...
: Nice piece.Stuff it. : There has been a rumor going on that Nepal and Bangladesh did try to create a new trade platform. In... : Modern day pirates but now they wear suits and ties. Sri Lanka's reputation is being trashed because...
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Eat, drink, write 23 April 2013
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A food writer dishes on the ins and outs of her profession.
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Brideprice 22 April 2013
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A new translation of Manik Bandopadhyay's ‘Namuna’ by Madhusree Mukerjee.
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Among the believers 19 April 2013
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An account from Varanasi, where bhang and thandai struggle to survive the onslaught of LSD and Coca-Cola.
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Behind the crystals 18 April 2013
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Capturing the lives of Marakkanam’s salt pan workers
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In search of food sovereignty 17 April 2013
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Shifting the debate on the Public Distribution System.
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Farms, Feasts, Famines: web-exclusive package 17 April 2013
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Missing connections 8 April 2013
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Girja Kumar’s book on the Indus and the cultures tied to it obscures a tremendous wealth of interconnected histories and...
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No place for picnics 4 April 2013
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Kashmiri women tell their stories of the conflict.
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'I bowled left-arm chinaman' 28 March 2013
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Shehan Karunatilaka speaks about winning awards, spin bowling, italics in fiction, and much more.
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Such stuff as fiction is made of 21 March 2013
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A look into the other stories circulating behind one of the world's most famous literary festivals.
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Memories of a land divided 18 March 2013
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A historian reflects on the challenges of reconstructing the lesser-known history of the Sylhet Partition many decades after...
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Pollution and purity 15 March 2013
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As millions bathe in the sacred rivers they themselves have polluted during the Kumbh Mela, where does the schism between...
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The archive: 25 years of Southasia
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China, Southasia and India
On May 19 2013, newly appointed Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in New Delhi for a series of meetings with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. The visit is Keqiang's first outside of China since assuming power in March.
From our archive: Purna Basnet discusses Chinese engagement in Nepal vis-a-vis security issues in Tibet and broader geo-strategic plans in Southasia (April 2011).
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Fatima Chowdury relates the story of Calcutta's Indian Chinese community through the lens of political and economic upheavals in Southasia and China (May 2009).
Simon Long notes the importance of the Sino-Indian relationship for the rest of Southasia (September 2006).
J.N Dixit ruminates on the strategic concerns of the 'Middle Kingdom' in the wake of India's 1998 nuclear tests (June 1998).
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