Word: subcontinentals
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The quilt of the 20th century was a patchwork of bloodstains, one of the largest spreading from the partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947, when the departing British ordered Hindus to live in certain areas and Muslims in others. Millions of Hindus and Muslims picked up their belongings and...
"The world is hard for lovers." That line is one of the most frequent in Indian films, and it's true not only for rich and poor or separated-at-birth cousins. Kissing in public is a no-no, which leaves Indian romancers out in the cold, literally, where they...
Person of the Week ON THE GROUND With the subcontinent on edge and Afghanistan struggling, the U.S. sends in its top diplomat, Secretary of State Colin Powell, who soothed in Delhi and Islamabad and talked moola in Kabul, promising "significant" aid?though less than the $22 billion Afghanistan wants
Prior to its installation in Afghanistan, al-Qaeda had several nests in various countries, including Pakistan. President Pervez Musharraf's problems in the wake of the attack on the Indian Parliament are caused by the inherent contradictions in his need to be seen as a champion of Islam by the...
Though Musharraf and Vajpayee managed a handshake at a South Asian summit last weekend in Nepal, they are hardly speaking, even by long distance. So far, the historic dynamics of the India-Pakistan relationship have trumped the peaceful ambitions of these two, not the other way round. But as they...