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THE book addresses the largely hostile, often violent relations between India and Pakistan that date from their independence in 1947. the most persistent conflict between the two neighbouring countries, over Kashmir, has defied numerous international attempts at resolution and has now, with both India and Pakistan becoming nuclear powers in 1998, entered its most dangerous phase. The struggle over Kashmir is enduringly rooted in national identity, religion, and human rights. It has also influenced the politicisation of Pakistan’s army, religious radicalism, and nuclearisation in both countries. The incisive volume analyses these forces, their impact on relations between the two countries, and alternative roles the United States might play in resolving the dispute. While acknowledging the risks, the book is optimistic about peace in South Asia. The key argument is that many of the domestic concerns (such as territorial integrity in both countries and civilian-military rapprochements in Pakistan) that were fuelling the conflict have abated. Rafiq Dossani is a senior research scholar at Stanford University’s Asia-Pacific Research Center (APARC), and is responsible for developing and directing the South Asia initiative.
EVERY year around the world one million people commit suicide yet, for most of us, it remains a taboo subject. Udo Grashoff has discovered forty-five suicide notes that offer us a unique insight into this phenomenon. The authors of each message differ in age, sex, class, but all cite strikingly universal reasons for their decision—unrequited love, mounting debts, the loss of a spouse, a frustrating domestic situation. These are problems that we may all encounter; so why is it that only some of us see suicide as the solution? A truly remarkable and thought-provoking anthology, Let Me Finish should mark the beginning of a more widespread frankness about suicide and take us closer to answering the seemingly unanswerable question—‘Why?’ Udo Grashoff is both a biochemistry and history graduate who now works as a print and radio journalist with a particular interest in medical history.
MAILE Meloy’s debut novel, Liars and Saints, captured the hearts of readers and critics alike. Now Meloy returns with a novel even more dazzling and unexpected than her first. Brilliantly entertaining, A Family Daughter might also be the most insightful novel about families and love that you will read this year. It is 1979, and seven-year-old Abby, the youngest member of the close-knit Santerre family, is trapped indoors with chickenpox during a heatwave. The events set in motion that summer will span decades and continents, and change the Santerres forever. A rich full novel about passion and desire, fear and betrayal, A Family Daughter illuminates both the joys and complications of contemporary life, and the relationship between truth and fiction. |
Prospects for Peace in
South Asia
Let Me Finish
A Family Daughter