Sunday, August 07, 2005

Himalmag

I came across this wonderful magazine based in Nepal, thro google. Kanak Dixit runs this. It had apparently been down for about an year, due to financial troubles. (I got this info from here . It is re-starting operations and I hope it fares well. The mag is here .
Amongst the archives,I found this , a very good panel discussion on the Indo-Pak Nuclear Risks. Many eminent media personalities from both the countries do some plain-talking. I hope such talk goes on in the diplomatic circles too! I don't support India's decision to go nuclear and feel that the urgent need is to promote mutual confidence amongst the two countries so that we stop spending millions on these things and instead focus more on the burning needs of the sub-continent..Poverty, illiteracy and health.
Himalmag seems to have a penchant for group discussions.. look here for a very nice discussion of how the Indo-Pak problems are portrayed in the Media. Again, the frank assessments from each of the participating editors/journos make it a lively debate. This is in stark contrast to the usual(and often mindless) bashing that goes on between the two countries.
Yet another discussion is here. The style here is different with contributors making "speeches" instead of actually arguing point-by-point.
The reports in himalmag are certainly different from what the usuals dish-out.. So BOL Himalmag..may ur good work continue!

4 Comments:

At 12:33 AM, Vishnu said...

Nice blog. Thanks for dropping by Vishnulokam!

 
At 1:07 AM, Vishnu said...

One more thing: why don't you provide an XML/RSS feed for your blog?

 
At 1:39 AM, Aswin said...

Thanks! I had configured it but forgot to give a link. I had assumed that blogger will do that. Now it is here . I have also added a link to my side bar.

 
At 4:29 PM, Aswin said...

More on Himalmag. At Rs.290/- pa(fortnightly), I have decided to buy this!

 

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