March Issue!!!   Laxmi Murthy makes a case for the legacy and relevance of feminism and the Women's Movement in Southasia | Hartman de Souza observes how a conglomeration of mining companies, politicians and real-estate developers are drying up Goa's natural springs and wells in pursuit of iron | The adversity and achievements of a Tamil woman over the course of a century-long life mirror the tragedy of the Sri Lankan north. |   Web Exclusive   READ Meera Nanda's response to Vijay Prashad's review of he book, 'The God Market'! |   March Issue!!!   Laxmi Murthy makes a case for the legacy and relevance of feminism and the Women's Movement in Southasia | Hartman de Souza observes how a conglomeration of mining companies, politicians and real-estate developers are drying up Goa's natural springs and wells in pursuit of iron | The adversity and achievements of a Tamil woman over the course of a century-long life mirror the tragedy of the Sri Lankan north. |   March Issue!!!   Laxmi Murthy makes a case for the legacy and relevance of feminism and the Women's Movement in Southasia | Hartman de Souza observes how a conglomeration of mining companies, politicians and real-estate developers are drying up Goa's natural springs and wells in pursuit of iron | The adversity and achievements of a Tamil woman over the course of a century-long life mirror the tragedy of the Sri Lankan north. |   COMMENT   Ashley Tellis faults Laxmi Murthy's 'In defence of symbolism' for mischaracterising the history of the feminism |  
Chitra Ganesh & Christopher Myers

Globalisation, faith and darkness

Are seemingly modernising  forces  such  as globalisation fueling religious nationalism the world over?
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In the Magazine
March 2010
himal Volume 23 No:3

God and the gospel of globalisation
By: Meera Nanda

The complex nexus of market, religion and the state behind secularism's failure in the region.

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Analysis

1982 all over again

Rajapakse's escalting authoritarianism invites comparions with J R Jayewardene

Writer's block

The hundred-day deadline has just passed for the promulgation of Nepal’s long-awaited new constitution. But there is little optimism that t

Report

Tattered parachute

The internationals are preparing to bail out of Afghanistan, presenting impractical quick-fix solutions.

Battlefield city

Internecine political battles are making Karachi a dangerous place to live

View from the cantonment

The talk drags on in Kathmandu about integration, rehabilitation and the future of the Maoist combatants.

Essay

The vamshavali from Chamba

Reflections of a historical tradition

Beyond Indology

The 18th-century ‘discovery’ by Western academics of Sanskrit allowed a whole new branch of science-minded researchers to delve into

Time and a place

In remembrance of water

Where there is water, there is probably ore beneath.

Reflections

Dagger-clawed little people

Did being an island help Sri Lanka evolve a particular type of hominid?

Sighting

In light of Nalanda

The ruins of one of Asia’s great centres of learning still inspire travellers

In defence of symbolism

What we celebrate when we mark 8 March

1982 all over again

Rajapakse's escalting authoritarianism invites comparions with J R Jayewardene
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God and the gospel of globalisation

The complex nexus of market, religion and the state behind secularism's failure in the region.

Web Exclusive

Sophia Furber shines a light on the phenomenon of suicides by migrant workers in West Asia and probes the abuse and exploitation behind it.

PLUS in the story: Clips from Kesang Tseten's work-in-progress documentary Saving Dolma about Nepali migrant workers in the Gulf.

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Iqbal Khattak argues that weak civilian administrations and inability to carry out simultaneous campaigns in strategic districts hamper a military victory to Pakistan’s militancy woes.

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