Coloniser and the wise Brahmin
Historians may dismiss the construction of the colonial ``other'' as a mere narrative production. They convincingly demonstrate that colonialism was sustained by the creation of a complex cultural and material interface between the coloniser and the colonised.

Scaling the Chinese Wall
The provocation for this article is my week-long stay in Beijing in October for a bilateral colloquium between the Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi, and the China Institute of International Studies.

Smile on the face of the Tiger
Sri Lanka is still picking up the pieces from its worst ever military debacle against the Tamil Tigers in 16 years.