1. South Asia India (separate slide show) Pakistan Bangladesh Nepal Bhutan Sikkim (now part of India) Sri Lanka Maldives

9. Summer Monsoon

10. Winter Monsoon

17. Pakistan Punjab Afghan Kashmir Indus River

26. Fundamentalist Pakistan? Pakistani Madrassa on YouTube

27. General Pervez Musharraf, former President of Pakistan, on The Daily Show, 9/26/06 Part 2

28. 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 1988. 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 121924August 171988presidentPakistanChief of Army StaffPrime MinisterZulfikar Ali Bhuttocoup d'étatJuly 51977martial law General Zia

29. Benazir Bhutto’s AssassinationBenazir Bhutto’s Assassination, 12/27/07 The Cover-up (why?) The Cover-up (why?)

30. Zardari Asif Butto, Benizer’s widower, current Pakistani Pres.

31. Current PM: Nawaz Sharif Current PM: Nawaz Sharif Contender: Imran Khan Contender: Imran Khan

32. Pakistan’s highlands

34. Waziristan

36. Waziri Pushtuns

39. Baluchistan (Balochistan)

42. 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

44. Bhutan

45. Video: Bhutan, Land of GNH (Gross National Happiness) ~16 minutes

46. Bangladesh ( Formerly East Pakistan, 1955-1971)

48. Dhaka, Liberation Memorial

55. Chittagong Hills, Eastern Bangladesh

62. Murder of the Royal Family 2001 Maoist insurgency 1995-2006

65. 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.

66. Ghurkas

67. Modern Ghurka, Britain’s oldest ally in Asia

69. New World peppers in Colombo

71. Kandy, Sri Lanka

72. Colombo Movies

73. Buddhist temples with Hindu style, Colombo

74. Tamil Tiger Suicide Kit

75. A memorial for the Tamil Tiger rebels killed in a conflict estimated to have left a total of 65,000 people dead