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All the South Asia states constitute political conglomerations of several ethnic nations, many of which are demanding separate independent states. Granting separatist demands could exacerbate existing tensions and unravel regional security.
India, in recent years, has made significant advances in policy, economics, and technology. It now appears ready to take its place among the world's leading nations.
The tribal lands of the Afghanistan-Pakistan border reveal the future of conflict in west Asia. The bewildering complexity of ethnic and religious divisions in the area makes it politically and culturally fragile.
Both Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, in their different ways, spoke of the moral, social, and political regeneration of India as the true basis of self-rule. As this essay points out, these optimistic visions have been largely frustrated.
When India became independent, the peaceful coexistence of Hindus and Muslims unraveled. The resultant partitioning of India and Pakistan is reviewed in this article.
The Indian government sent a defiant message when it began nuclear testing in May 1998. As Payal Sampat points out, the people of India feel the real threat comes from their own country.
The ability to develop and deploy an atomic bomb brings with it an enormous responsibility. This article considers the wider implications of India's possessing an atomic weapon.
Balancing development and the environment is important to India's government. They have adopted a national agenda that formulates a comprehensive policy to balance economic development with environment protection.
As India experiences the pressures of a free market, its society begins to polarize. A strong middle class is emerging, but at the same time enormous numbers of people are still mired in poverty.
The importance of international investment in India will be the key to its economic future. This article looks at some of the strategies taken by the Indian government to interest foreign investors.
In recent years India has instituted great economic reforms, but these reforms could be jeopardized by a rapidly widening gap between rich and poor states and the rise of regional parties.
Economic success in India is very possible, and, as this article points out, India could benefit greatly from having its citizens becoming wealthy.
Women are not benefiting from the increase in India's industrial base. A recent study indicates that there are more threats than opportunities for women in the current process of liberalization.
In 1993 India adopted a constitutional amendment that set aside a third of local political seats for women, with a percentage of these positions going to women from the lowest rung of the caste system. This article looks at the effect this amendment is having on the political and social systems.
The ancient custom of attaching a dowry to wedded daughters allegedly leads to six thousand deaths a year by murder or suicide. Paul Mandelbaum investigates this disturbing trend.
India's population has soared to new heights in recent decades, and this has prompted Indian policymakers to take a serious look at the necessity of birth control.
In India the word "caste" is applied to at least three different phenomena. Joe Elder defines caste to mean lineages of related families from among which parents arrange their children's marriages. He points out prevalent misconceptions that result from this definition.
India, perhaps the oldest continuing civilization in existence, operates out of three central tenets: The assimilation of ideas and experiences, a belief in cycles, and the coexistence of opposites. Although it has made numerous material contributions to the world, India's spiritual legacy has had the most impact.
Indian law sets 18 as the minimum age for a women to marry and 21 for a man. In spite of legislation to curb it, child marriages still continue in virtually every state in India. Research indicates that child marriages keep India well behind in women's rights.
In Meghalaya, a district in the northeast section of India, the Khasi people have one of the largest surviving matrilineal societies in the world. Descent is traced through the mother's line and women have a honored place in their society.
The Zoroastrian religion dates back to sometime before 600 B.C. and was imported from what is now eastern Iran. However, current social pressures are working to extinguish this ancient religion.
Most of India's large film industry churns out films that contain wildly popular music and dance extravaganzas. A number of films, however, reflect more complex realities.
Up to now, India has had a relatively chaotic cable television system, but as it moves toward adopting the Internet, its communications system will have to change if it is going to succeed.
The concept of zero was invented in India; in consequence, it can be argued that this was the birth of modern arithmetic.
As India rushes into the age of technology, as well as developing nuclear weapons, the passion for the ancient ritual of bathing in the Ganges shows no signs of dwindling.
Afghanistan has a puritanical militia government that enforces Islamic law on its citizens. How this affects present-day Afghanistan is the subject of this article.
The puritanical Taliban government of Afghanistan is faced with a significant problem with regard to the country's production of opium. The irony of economic need and cultural decimation generated by drugs is addressed in this essay.
The Grameen Bank was established in Bangladesh in 1976 in order to help eradicate poverty. The founder of the bank, Muhammad Yunus, writes about how the bank evolved.
Bhutan is the last Himalayan Buddhist kingdom to retain its independence. In this essay, John Bray discusses Bhutan's history and current struggle to sustain its culture and independence.
The Maldive Island chain is off the southwest coast of India, and is made up of over a thousand tiny coral islands. As the world's oceans rise, the future of the island chain and its 250,00 citizens is in question.
The tumultuous relations and confrontations along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border is the topic of this article.
A civil war has raged in Sri Lanka for over 17 years, and the exhausted armies have taken to recruiting children.
The civil war in Sri Lanka is one of the longest-running wars in the world. Even the advent of national elections does nothing to curb the violence.
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