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Barun Roy: Myanmar lays the bait

Although the new investment law offers a welcome mat, the country will have to start from scratch as support from its neighbours pours in

Barun Roy: A dangerous wasteland

Lack of information is a major hindrance in the fight against e-waste

'Wonderlust' grips Asia

But India is not a part of the theme park wave engulfing the continent

The Chinese are coming!

Some 94.3 mn tourists from China are expected to storm the world this year

An Asian Machu Picchu?

Mahendraparvat's discovery could have a greater impact on Cambodia's tourism which forms the biggest chunk of the country's GDP

Asian highway to nowhere

The concept of an Asian passage to Europe, symbolising the soul of Asia, is no longer a popular one and raises no emotional waves

A brave new world of gadgetry

And it's Asia that is leading this tectonic shift

Still an area of darkness

Mutual suspicion and prejudice hang over India and its neighbours

Redefining urban mobility

A network of interchangeable transport systems with seamless access can go a long way in easing urban commuters' woes

Home truths, from abroad

Journalist Ian Jack's essays from the eighties and nineties show how much India has changed -- and hasn't

A new Chinese revolution

Small households and firms may now sell solar power to the state grid

River of hope, and fear

The 'friendship' bridge across the Mekong River between Thailand and Laos may prosper trade at the cost of destabilising livelihoods

Vietnam's lost charm

Foreign investors are losing faith in their sought-after destination on the back of slow reforms and rising corruption

Mission: Impossible?

Only a miracle can help South Korea's first woman President Park deliver a tall order of disciplined chaebols, income and gender equality

Getting old, staying young

Singapore's economic success is jolted with its old-age population rising and working citizens' falling, even as immigration continues

Barun Roy: Questions for Sheikh Hasina

In the run-up to elections in Bangladesh, a report serves as a wake-up call to the ruling government that has failed to protect the minorities

Barun Roy: Wealth from waste

In many countries, private companies increasingly involve themselves in waste management to capitalise on this need-based business

Barun Roy: Honey, we've shrunk China

While India can only 'hope' to become a superpower, China already has in place a web of railways and expressways - that's only getting denser

Barun Roy: Speeding up Dhaka

The Bangladeshi capital may at last be up on its feet to embrace much-needed 'urbanisation' with new flyovers and expressways

Skinning a boyhood memory

Eighty-one-year-old Srikumar Sen's prize-winning debut novel revives memories of a forgotten past