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South Asia - breaking ‘the vicious circle’
South Asia has a valid claim to much success and achievement in the post-colonial period, but regretfully it still remains one of the poorest regions in the world.Writes Retd. Indian Ambassador Rajiv Bhatia
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Making Srilanka's independence more meaningful
Sri Lanka yesterday celebrated her 64th anniversary of Independence with pride and dignity as a sovereign nation and the country is marching forward towards new socio-economic horizons.
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A 40-second video showing US marines joyfully urinating on dead Afghan fighters in southern Afghanistan is the latest episode of disregard for basic human values.Writes Khalid Iqbal_3.jpg)
Bhattarai has opened too many fronts together, and appears unequal to the mass resentment building up nationwide. Writes Yubaraj Ghimire
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Bhutan is a lesson for other South Asian countries.It educates about the need to focus on social and psychological well-being of people in the state. Writes Reena Mohan_0.jpg)
For several years, the country has been flooded with cheap, low-grade heroin - ''brown sugar'' as it is known on the streets of Male - smuggled into the country in boats from the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.Writes Ben Doherty_2.jpg)
The government of Bangladesh took no significant steps to investigate and prosecute torture in custody and extrajudicial killings during 2011,Human Rights Watch said in its World Report 2012._3.jpg)
Forecasts about India's growth to 2020 are reassuringly positive. But that's no guarantee that this growth will take place and boost the well-being of more and more Indians.Writes Abheek Barman_5.jpg)
The ongoing tug of war in Pakistan has brought governance to a near standstill, sent the economy down the tube and left people weary of and depressed with the permanent crisis. Writes Nirupama Subramaniam_0.jpg)
The devastation left by nearly a generation of war has taken its toll on the small island of Sri Lanka.The vicious battle in the North and East has soaked the country in a phase of chaos which the island is only now attempting to repair.
Kolaveri D version in Pakistan....a political satire
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