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...Bush administration, so warlike in response to terrorism, has revealed a pacifist streak in its approach to the threat of climate change. At meetings on the Kyoto Treaty last fall in New Delhi, U.S. delegates argued that we ought to be thinking about adapting to changing climate. The administration's position seems to have gone from doubt about the science of climate change to suggesting it is inevitable without ever acknowledging that the nation might take steps to avert the threat. The new position is a clever one: By leaving moot the question of cause, and by implying that...
...These days, the rinpoche's life is a unique blend of worldly involvement and ethereal detachment. He runs a foundation that teaches computer literacy in New Delhi, a Tibetan art school in Sichuan province in western China and a Buddhist retreat center in Vancouver. He presides over his traditional seat, the Dzongsar Monastery in Tibet, as well as several monasteries, colleges and retreat centers in Bhutan and India. But he also spends months at a time in isolated meditation. While he embraces the role dictated by his Buddhist lineage, he's no knee-jerk traditionalist: he views the ossified rituals...
...chariot will be a converted Boeing plane, but that's where all resemblance to conventional travel ends. The adventure begins on a faintly ludicrous note in New Delhi, where, at a breakfast ceremony, tourists will shed their identities and take on those of Rajput royalty. "We are going to crown them as maharajas or maharanis to give them a feel of the olden-day ceremonies," explains Leena Srivastava, director of tourism at IDMI, the firm that's bringing the concept to life. The newly appointed monarchs will then board their appropriately splendid carriage. "The interior of the aircraft will...
SOUTH ASIA Tit for Tat Relations between nuclear neighbors India and Pakistan further soured as India expelled four Pakistani diplomats for spying and Pakistan retaliated in kind. The first expulsions followed New Delhi's allegation that whenever Sudhir Vyas, its most senior diplomat in Islamabad, tried to leave his home, he would be boxed in by Pakistani agents in their cars. Pakistan has also alleged that its diplomats suffer harrassment in New Delhi...
...Washington's patience with such saber rattling is wearing thin. On a visit to New Delhi last week, U.S. Director of Policy Planning Richard Haass tried to cajole the two sides into talking instead of trading threats. For a start, he said, India should drop its refusal to negotiate with Pakistan until the latter stopped sponsoring Islamic militancy. Already embroiled in the Iraq and Korea crises, America is hoping Pakistan and India can avoid yet another nuclear standoff, at least for this year...