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November 2004
South
Asia Today - Afghanistan
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The children of Afghanistan have been the worst casualties of the
ongoing crossfire
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Akhil
Bakshi travelled to Afghanistan in September 2002 and saw the problems
facing the proud nation: trying to prevent mass starvation by managing
the continuing five-year famine that has forced people in remote mountain
settlements to eat grass; replenishing livestock herds that have been
decimated by the drought; tackling widespread rural indebtedness that is
forcing families to sell off their daughters in marriage; providing urgent
medical assistance to the thousands of innocent people caught in crossfire
between power-hungry warlords, between the Taliban and the Northern
Alliance, and between Al-Qaeda and the US; providing assistance to the
refugee camps where hundreds of children die every day due to exposure
and starvation; and raising schools from the rubble.
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Wildlife - Royal Bengal's Last Roar?
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Tiger, the arrogant and proud king of the jungle,
whose realm was unchallenged even by the likes of Alexander, Changez Khan
and Tamur Lane, fell prey, first to the greed of hunters in quest of ‘trophies’,
then to the mercenary poachers – who traded every organ of the tiger for
money, and most recently to ‘planned development’ encroaching on tiger
territory.
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The Royal Bengal Tiger
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Literature
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Sadat Hasan Manto
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On the eve of Independence in 1947,
Pakistan inherited the common and shared tradition of Urdu literature that
belonged to the literary culture of the Indian sub-continent. The fiction and poetry of the period that followed was
largely progressive in its tone and spirit. It has not only evolved its
own identity, but has also become the socio-cultural document of an era of
hope and hardships. More..
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South
Asian Women Leaders
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Unlike women leaders and
Prime Ministers elsewhere, the south Asian pantheon of women
leaders has not risen from the political ranks, nor have they had any work
experience in any sector of the economy. All, with the exception of Indira
Gandhi, were inexperienced as politicians and some were homemakers and
mothers. Yet they have been Prime Ministers and President. Read
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