Port-au-Prince’s Territories
In effect the state is missing in action, as the people suffer overlapping crises...
Read MoreChina’s Contract
You stay quiet and we will set the course for growth, success and China's path to the top. It's a tough, unambiguous contract...
Read More‘There were always more books than the small shelves could contain’
I grew up in the aftermath of Nasser’s Egypt, where public education was made free for all. For me, learning has always been remote…
Read MoreSikkim’s Integration/Annexation/Merger
How the change came about is a story with multiple plots involving India’s greatest spymaster, a defiant king, his ambitious political rival, and two enigmatic foreign women...
Read MoreWhere’s Ultima Thule?
To approach Smøla by boat is potentially treacherous—much of the island’s coastline is studded by thousands of rocky islets, some as small as huts, that jut from the sea like mini icebergs...
Read MoreSoaring Above the Skylark
At the summit stood a stone Shinto gate framed by chestnut trees. I climbed the worn stone steps to find an overgrown shrine filled with moss-coated sculptures—images of Buddhist deities and elderly sages in flowing robes...
Read MoreCabo Verdeans
We shared a Creole language and the open, relaxed customs, known as morabeza, that are unique to Cabo Verde; only we knew how to compose and sing morna music...
Read MoreRainbow Drive-Ins
To visit Hana, a small, remote town on the island of Maui, most people wake at the crack of dawn, hop in convertible Mustangs, and drive the 45 miles from the regional airport...
Read MoreA winsome anime North Korean leader?
The outpouring of prurient interest in Kim represents an intersection of these erotic fantasies with the potent force of Orientalism
Read MoreKenya’s Indebted Class
So worrying are the trends in Kenya that even proponents of digital lending are calling for caution. The Central Bank of Kenya has demanded borrowers are made aware of the apps’ terms and conditions...
Read MoreIn Russia, death becomes you
Aleksandr Bogdanov, a prominent early Bolshevik and science fiction writer, investigated the rejuvenating properties of blood transfusions in the 1920s...
Read MoreRemembering SARS
The experience of SARS traumatized Hong Kong, and the memories have endured in the territory’s collective consciousness....
Read MoreMumbai Diary by Medha Singh
It is November. I'm on a train through India. North to South. Delhi to Mumbai. 26 hours. I'm with a friend, Esther. She is falling in love.
Read MoreProtesting the Citizenship (Amendment) Act
The BJP has long believed that its anti-Muslim project has two enemies: Muslims, and those non-Muslims who see Muslims as equal citizens under the constitution.
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
Read MoreThe tea should be strong. For a pot holding a quart, if you are going to fill it nearly to the brim, six heaped teaspoons would be about right...
Read MoreThe thing about new blooms is that they tend to bleed— / Those petals birthed / hugging close / that come warmer weather are tricked into jumping away...
Read MoreI spent a good part of my childhood at home staring outside my bedroom window, following the trail of planes approaching the nearby Paris airport in the sky from my banlieue. I envied the passengers...
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