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• The Elusive ‘Creative' Solution

  Special Features

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Anees Jilani

  India and Pakistan keep ‘talking' to each other at various levels but this is as far as it goes. No chamatkars occurred in the wake of the SAARC home ministers' conference, preceded by foreign secretary level talks on June 24 which were meant to prepar...

• Promoting Cultural Dialogue

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Mashal Usman

  Some key organizations in the U.S. are working as important tools of cultural exchange with South Asia and are bringing the people of these distant regions together. Cultural exchange programs have been a focal point in the relationship between U.S. and ...

• Reviving a Medium

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Daniyal Ali Khan

  There is new hope for the Pakistani film industry, now that film-making as an area of study is attracting new interest in the country. Film schools in the U.S. invest heavily on resources such as infrastructure, equipment and facilities to provide hands-o...

• Discovering South Asia

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Ayla S. Joseph

  With more and more students gaining interest in study abroad options, the South Asian region is starting to feature more prominently than ever before. South Asia, home to approximately 1.6 billion people today is fast becoming a hot spot for study abroad...

• The Big U and SA

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Syed Ahmed

  U.S. policy towards India and Pakistan requires a paradigm shift to give the region a vibrant future through economic strength, openness, knowledge and democracy. The United States of America, whether anyone likes it or not, is at this point in time, the...

• Comment

  Special Features

  Created: July, 2010 Author: SAO

  Have your say... SouthAsia put forward the following questions to regional and international scholars, analysts and academicians about how they view the ties between U.S. and South Asia. 1. Would you say that the balance of relations between the U.S. an...

• The Honest Referee

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Dr. Ashfaque H. Khan

  The U.S. can play an effective role in building confidence between India and Pakistan which will be a service to the 1.2 billion people of the two nations. Combating terrorism, developing bilateral military ties, promoting economic growth and investing in...

• Obama's South Asia

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Robert M. Hathaway

  South Asia has acquired more significance in world affairs over the past decade than it enjoyed in centuries. However, the U.S. continues to pay more attention to some nations in the region while the others feel neglected. Like Julius Caesar's Gaul, in ...

• The Other Side of Happiness

  Regional

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Nausheen Wasi

  What does Bhutan's Gross National Happiness entail when viewed in the context of its refugee crisis?  In a response to accusations in 1987 by a journalist from UK's Financial Times that the pace of development in Bhutan was slow, the King said that "Gros...

• Selling a Soured Dream

  Regional

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Fahmida Ashraf

  It may be down but it is not out. The LTTE is still selling the dream of establishing a Tamil state, which means the Sri Lankan government must adopt rational and balanced strategies to counter a possible re-surge. After the defeat of the LTTE in May 200...

• Hope Revisited

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: Farzana Shah

  With mineral riches worth trillions of dollars under its soil, Afghanistan could enter a new era of economic prosperity, provided its western occupiers allowed it to do so. The recent statements about discovery of nearly $1 trillion worth of untapped mine...

• End of Battle

  Regional

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Dr. Moonis Ahmar

  There is no way Bangladeshi politics can rid itself of the personal schism of the two ‘begums' unless one leaves the scene. Eighteen months after the assumption of power by Awami League (AL) and the crushing defeat of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)...

• A Difficult Proposition

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: S. M. Hali

  What is the myth and what is the reality of the much talked about North Waziristan operations? Is Pakistan being coerced into taking action against the Taliban in this region? Pakistan Army is being cajoled, arm twisted and even blackmailed by the U.S. t...

• Constitutional Conundrum

  Regional

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Ali Nawaz Chowhan

  Despite the dark clouds, there is still optimism that the main pillars of State in Pakistan will function in harmony for the good of democracy and welfare of the people. The politicians, the civil society and the legal fraternity in Pakistan repeatedly d...

• End to Regression

  Regional

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Semu Bhatt

  If India is to become a truly glorious example of "unity in diversity", it must face the challenges threatening its pluralistic ideals. The Khap Panchayats are in news for their demand to amend the Hindu Marriage Act. This is in reaction to the landmark ...

• Mounting Challenges

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  Created: July, 2010 Author: S.G. Jilanee

  The Congress Party must put its house in order as a first priority to justify its popular mandate. When the Congress won a convincing 262 seats in the 2009 elections there was euphoria. It was justified, too, because the Congress had improved upon its pr...

• Another Round of Sanctions

  Features

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Humaima Izhar

  The U.S. says it is seeking harsher sanctions against Iran, including a cutoff of investments to its oil and gas industry and restrictions on more Iranian banks. The United Nations Security Council passed new economic sanctions against Iran last month af...

• Passage Through Time

  Features

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Ghazi Salahuddin

  Can a book offer different messages at different times? It seems Qurratulain Hyder's ‘Aag ka Darya' does. Ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus it was who famously said that one cannot step twice in the same river. What this thought affirms is that a ri...

• No Tail!

  Features

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Ray Greek

  Animals cannot predict human responses to drugs and disease. How often has a headline caught your eye, promising cures for everything from cancer to Alzheimer's disease? Then, upon reading the article, you are disappointed to realize that the "advance" wa...

• The God Industry?

  Features

  Created: July, 2010 Author: Huma Iqbal

  India lately has been rocked by a series of scandals involving self-styled "godmen" who have been allegedly running vice rings and cheating people. In a world of pain and sorrow, a smiling man in a saffron robe who can cure misery by magic is a bewitchin...