Tag: #SAARC
Articles tagged with #SAARC
Retrofitting SAARC
Not much hope that the 8-member South Asian bloc can be revived even after the Indian elections
Indo-Pak tension hits SAARC climate action
Tilicho Lake in Manang. The SAARC member states are among the countries most at risk from effects of climate change, yet a regional approach to…
Nepal and the Taliban’s second coming
The 2nd Battalion 5th Gurkha Rifles at Ahnai Tangi in Waziristan on 14 January 1920 as part of Britain's 'Third Afghan War'. Painting by Fred…
Global thinking and local action on coronavirus
The biggest lesson of COVID-19 is that individuals and nations cannot protect only themselves, we are all in this together
Beyond the nation state in South Asia
RIGHT SIDE UP: This map of South Asia by Himal Southasia magazine in which ‘north’ is reversed to force a different perspective on the nation…
Nepal tests and treats TB with a flying pharmacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf4OpwoblRc&feature=youtu.beProblem: Some 70% of Nepalis are carriers of the tuberculosis bacillus and many of…
Re-imagining South Asia
The book Another South Asia! with an assertive exclamation mark in its title requires one to pause, and step back to recall what is South Asia,…
Bimstec facelift
Photo: MONIKA DEUPALAThat the fourth BIMSTEC summit would be declared a “success” was a foregone conclusion because there wasn’t really much…
Sorry state
Diwakar ChettriNow that the leaders of the awkwardly acronymed BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic…
Janakpur to Janakpur
DRESS REHEARSAL: Indian Ambassador Manjeev Singh Puri is briefed on Wednesday by the pilot of an Indian Air Force helicoper that rehearsed a…
Em-powering South Asia
Energy is a critical ingredient for prosperity, and can be a catalyst for deeper regional integration. Energy security is a critical issue for…
Shared futures
Mention the acronym SAARC and eyes glaze over, people stop reading editorials like these and they turn the page – as some of you probably…