Himal Southasian

At a time when the world is battling a global financial meltdown, India’s attention has been drawn inwards over its own ‘Enron moment’. As if the financial crisis was not…

The sheer volume of money that was multiplying itself was astonishing. This big world of money was difficult to comprehend. It was a time to wonder what an ordinary citizen…

If observers have been concerned about the squabbling parties and the resultant political downturn in Nepal, take a look at its economy. With the financial year coming to a close…

The new Indo-Nepal trade treaty signed on 4 December 1996 will allow, for the first time, goods manufactured in Nepal access to the Indian market free of custom duties. The…

FIRST NEPAL, THEN India and now likely Bangladesh—hung parliaments have become a South Asian phenomenon. Stable party governments are becoming rare as parties with different ideologies and values compromise to…