ACT justice and peace worker in Sri Lanka arrested

The executive secretary for justice and peace in the National Christian Council of Sri Lanka has been arrested by a government terrorism investigation unit. Mr Santha Fernando was detained at Colombo's...

The Recently Concluded Art Dubai 2009

 Hectic ten days were spent in Dubai, with our contemporary art magazine from Pakistan, NuktaArt, as Art Dubai - the art fair's media partner. It was good to experience this well organised major international...

RAW Facts on South Asia- India Fails to Occupy Countries

" by Ishakhan Rupee News Many citizens of the smaller countries around India blame themselves for their ills. The fact is that it is the external Indian forces that want to create dissension, chaos and depression making attempting to make them like Sikkim so that they can be...

The Mumbai Attacks and the Militaries of the USA, India and Pak

aangirfan Friday, Feb 27, 2009 Taj, Mumbai, 2008 The CIA, and its friends, may have used Pakistani military officers in the November 2008 attack on Mumbai? India claims that Pakistani officers have links to the Mumbai shootings. Pakistani Army colonel ‘was involved’ in...

Unveiling the Mystery of Balochistan Insurgency

" A MUST READ report. Reporting by Tariq Saeedi in Ashgabat, With Sergi Pyatakov in Moscow, Ali Nasimzadeh in Zahidan, Qasim Jan in Kandahar and S M Kasi in Quetta. Additional reporting by Rupa Kival in New Delhi and Mark Davidson in Washington An...

Sri Lanka becomes another Darfur, thousands killed and injured...

By David Sabapathy – TNS   COLOMBO - In a scene of carnage of untold proportion on civilian targets hit by hundreds of Sri Lanka Army fired artillery shells, more than 300 people have died and several hundreds are bleeding to death within the last 24 hours, amidst...

Man and earth

In rural part of South Asian countries people still plough the land with cattle. Modern instruments has not reached their horizon yet. Man has this old relationship with earth, which is so evident from this scene.

Floods in Bihar Hit Lite Badly !

Kosi river is back to its destructing best & after a long period of 100 years a large portion of Bihar is suffering from floods. Its a torture to witness your property, your houses and eventually the whole...

South Asian Perspectives on Global Terrorism

Terrorism is a global concern, as elite world leaders have often stressed. No doubt it is. But perspectives to understand terrorism are different. This should be noted. India frequently accuses Pakistan of harboring terrorism in an institutionalized manner. Pakistan...

Assam - The Flood Festival continues...

Strange to call a tragedy a festival... right ? But for Indian state Assam, floods are like festivals which keep coming back every year... But not with the joy one would associate with Festivals, only with...

The Nuke Deal will hurt India..... Badly !

देश को ले डूबेगा परमाणु समझौताभारत-अमरीका परमाणु समझौता लागू होने के बाद भी...

Nepal’s Federal Structure

It is but natural that the debate on federal structure is gaining ground each successive day in the post-election phase of Constitutent Assemly in Nepal. Now within two years or so, the constitution has to be prepared and in this context it is the issue federalism that is...

Flash Floods Cause Havoc in India

Each year, floods, cyclones and mudslides in South Asia make a large number of already poor and destitute people even more so as they suffer the natural as well as man-made disasters. 25 lives have been lost and...

WFP: Free Rice – play, learn & donate!

Enhancing your vocabulary gives better command of the language and makes you more articulate. Being able to express yourself better can be a competitive advantage for school goers to those who seek to...

Nepal: Terai yet again spirals into uncertainty

A Terai* Bandh** has been announced from 05-Mar-2008 to 07-Mar-2008, by the newly renamed armed outfit group known as ATMM (G) - Akhil Terai Mukti Morcha (Goit) led by one Jay Krishna Goit.Previously known as...

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