HIMAL IS BACK! Himal Southasian, the region's only review magazine, is back on the stands after a year's hiatus. Our special Jul-Aug 2005 issue is all about building linkages -- from gas pipelines to airways, cross-border media to trade regimes - - and also projects the shared democratic ideals from which some of us are moving away, and others, towards. Mostly, the 35 essays, reports and articles in the magazine, listed below, ask that we consider the people. For a preview of the articles and subcription information, please visit -http://www.himalmag.com . To receive a hard copy of the magazine at no charge, as an introductory offer, write to distribution@himalmag.com . Thank you, Himal Team, Kathmandu +++ Himal Jul-Aug 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS COVER STORY Persian gas for Southasian engine by Kanak Mani Dixit Burma-to-India gasline by Prashant Jha Bangladesh as Nepali saviour by Rajendra Dahal COMMENTARY BANGLADESH ? NEPAL ? SRI LANKA Understanding India NEPAL Royal regime change MALDIVES Heady days in Male PAKISTAN Jinnah: The fractured image ANALYSIS The mechanics of peace by Jehan Perera Bangladeshi Maobaadis by Afsan Chowdhury Air travel takes flight by Himali Dixit Thimphu?s new constitution by Prashant Jha The upcoming Bihar flood by Dinesh Kumar Mishra REFLECTIONS Who killed Siva by Kunda Dixit The kernel of Kashmir by A G Noorani REPORTS Media outbreak by Akash Banerjee Manisha, take care by Nandini Ramnath ESSAY King Gyanendra and rule of law by Aziz Huq OPINION India abandons the refugees by A C Sinha India?s NGO establishment by Pandurang Hegde E par Bangla, O par Bangla by Dipankar Sinha Muivah?s road to peace by Dolly Kikon The trade regimes caged by Posh Raj Pandey SOUTHASIASPHERE Melancholy of May by C K Lal TIME AND A PLACE Modpur by Rajshri Dasgupta ELSEWHERE The Pakistani Southasian by Sardar Aseff Ahmad Ali REVIEWS Re-writer of history by Ajmal Kamal Naipaul?s Naxalites by Amitava Kumar Women, work and power by Firdous Azim Citizens as denizens by Samir Kumar Das The middle class and the ladder by Sukumar Muralidharan BOOKS RECEIVED BRIEFS LASTPAGE