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South Asia
News and reports from the sub-continent.

Mumbai bombings wound peace process PDF Print E-mail
Written by Deepa Kandaswamy   
Tuesday, 26 August 2003
Monday's lunchtime bomb blasts marked the 10th anniversary of a bombing campaign that demolished Mumbai's image as the New York of India in 1993. The implications are many…

 
India's 'third sex': Ridiculed, persecuted, shunned PDF Print E-mail
Written by Smita Sahay   
Saturday, 05 July 2003
A poignant portrayal of the travails of India's eunuchs.

 
Hopes fade for Kashmir's disappeared PDF Print E-mail
Written by Arshad H. Naqshbandi   
Thursday, 19 June 2003
A key election pledge by Kashmir's ruling party to stop "disappearances" and trace thousands of missing persons has been denounced as little more than a "hoodwinking" process.

 
Homosexuality in India, where tradition still rules PDF Print E-mail
Written by Chinmayee Manjunath   
Sunday, 08 June 2003
India's erstwhile colonial laws outlawing homosexuality are out of touch with a changing society, Chinmayee Manjunath discovers.

 
Turning the tide on India's caste system PDF Print E-mail
Written by Sreerekha Pillai   
Tuesday, 27 May 2003
The carefully structured notions of India's caste hierarchy have remained unchallenged for thousands of years but a power shift is dawning, says Sreerekha Pillai.

 
Mobile phone fever grips Pakistan PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ahmad Naeem Khan   
Sunday, 18 May 2003
Mobile phone mania is sweeping Pakistan with a rapid increase in national subscribers due to low connection costs and cheap pre-paid packages and phone sets.

 
India's 'ice cream exodus' PDF Print E-mail
Written by Debarshi Dasgupta   
Thursday, 15 May 2003
Every summer, like the water in this parched land, young men 'evaporate’ from the face of Bhilwara and other neighbouring districts in Rajasthan, West India, to look for work.

 
Clearing up after the party PDF Print E-mail
Written by Julian Evans   
Monday, 12 May 2003
No expense was spared at year's European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) annual meeting in Uzbekistan.

 
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