South Asia India (separate slide show) Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sikkim (now part of India) Sri Lanka Maldives
Summer Monsoon
Winter Monsoon
Pakistan Punjab Afghan Kashmir Indus River
Fundamentalist Pakistan? Pakistani Madrassa on YouTube
General Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan, on The Daily Show, 9/26/06 Part 2
GeneralGeneral Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (Urdu:محمد ضياء الحق) (b. August 12, 1924–August 17, 1988) was the president and military ruler of Pakistan from July 1977 to his death in August Appointed Chief of Army Staff in 1976, General Zia-ul-Haq came to power after he overthrew ruling Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in a military coup d'état on July 5, 1977 and became the state's third ruler to impose martial law. The coup itself was largely bloodless; however, he later had Bhutto executed.UrduAugust August presidentPakistanChief of Army StaffPrime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhuttocoup d'étatJuly 51977martial law General Zia
Benazir Bhutto’s AssassinationBenazir Bhutto’s Assassination, 12/27/07 The Cover-up (why?) The Cover-up (why?)
Zardari Asif Butto, Benizer’s widower, current Pakistani Pres.
Current PM: Nawaz Sharif Current PM: Nawaz Sharif Contender: Imran Khan Contender: Imran Khan
Pakistan’s highlands
Waziristan
Waziri Pushtuns
Baluchistan (Balochistan)
2 Infamous Baluchi Sunnis Ramsey Yousef: 1993 WTC bomber > Khalid Sheikh Muhammad: 2001 WTC bombing mastermind (at capture (m), before capture (r)) Water boarded over 180 times, still in Gitmo (l) List of KSM’s confessions
Bhutan
Video: Bhutan, Land of GNH (Gross National Happiness) ~16 minutes
Bangladesh ( Formerly East Pakistan, )
Dhaka, Liberation Memorial
Chittagong Hills, Eastern Bangladesh
Murder of the Royal Family 2001 Maoist insurgency
Boudhanath is one of the largest stupas and an important Tibetan Buddhist monument outside Tibet. The stupa has a circumference of 100m and is 38m high. After the Chinese invasion of their homeland, many Tibetans sought refuge in Nepal and live in the vicinity of this monument.
Ghurkas
Modern Ghurka, Britain’s oldest ally in Asia
New World peppers in Colombo
Kandy, Sri Lanka
Colombo Movies
Buddhist temples with Hindu style, Colombo
Tamil Tiger Suicide Kit
A memorial for the Tamil Tiger rebels killed in a conflict estimated to have left a total of 65,000 people dead