Pakistan
How the Other Half Lives
Faiza S. Khan
The act of history that gave us our independence in fact created two independent nations. A view from across the border.
The Final Frontier
If 30 years of foreign policy could be rewound, Pakistan’s ‘jihad factory’ would not exist, says Alice Albinia
Manmohan’s India
It’s a question India’s Prime Minister asked a long time ago when he first embarked on his political journey. Now, in his latest effort to lead the country in keeping with his long-term vision, he may well want to ask it again: who fails if India wins?
Half Life
After two decades of bloody conflict in Kashmir, thousands of women are not sure whether they should call themselves married or widowed
Questions for the Average Man
Here’s Anil Kairvat’s take on movies, extraterrestrial life and condoms
In Search of the Average Indian
We set off for what the Survey of India pinpoints as the centre of India, and found him. And her. Wondrously, they happen to be married
Enter the Dragon
A Maoist takeover of Nepal could be a much bigger threat to India than a Talibanised Pakistan
A State Gone to Seed
A collection of essays fails to shed new light on an old topic. The focus is on Pakistan, not on the great divide
‘Yes, I Don’t Like Pakistan’
Salman Rushdie speaks of a failure called Pakistan, and why his lawyer told him proving Indira Gandhi was not of good character was the only way to save his skin
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