A Jewelry Maker Who Goes Far Beyond Metal
International Herald Tribune December 7, 2012 CHICAGO — In 1967, while she was a student at the University of Iowa, Kiff Slemmons and her boyfriend, now her husband, drove to […]
Category Archives: Arts
Heaven, closer to earth
Economist, Prospero October 12, 2012 FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT is best known as a revolutionary American architect. A hallmark of his work is sensitivity to the natural environment—Fallingwater, the house he […]
Class act
Economist, Prospero October 10, 2012 “YOU are wrong if you think everyone has a choice,” says one character in “Good People”, a new play by David Lindsay-Abaire. Set in the […]
An Edgy Art Haven in India Gains Momentum
International Herald Tribune January 21, 2012 On a chilly winter evening in New Delhi, a crowd of art-goers spilled out from the doorway of a low building. Never mind that […]
King of India
Wall Street Journal Asia February 27, 2009 Gandhi was a source of inspiration for Martin Luther King Jr. New Delhi The Communist government of Kerala is not known for greeting […]
The Buddhist heritage of Pakistan: The beauty of ancient globalisation
Economist.com October 20, 2011 TODAY Peshawar in north-west Pakistan is a hotbed of insurgency and a strategic military entry point into Afghanistan. But more than 1,500 years ago the Gandhara […]
India Re-invents its Vibrant Colors
Christian Science Monitor February 23, 2012 Although a traditional craft, block printing’s survival is in fact entwined with globalization. In the 1960s and ’70s, Western designers who followed the “hippie […]
Showing and saving arts as old as centuries in India
Boston Globe April 8, 2012 UDAIPUR, India – The young puppeteer insists it’s easy. With outstretched hands, he pulls the strings on the foot-tall man at his feet. The puppet […]
In Nepal, After Revolt, ‘Art Was Changed Forever’
International Herald Tribune May 19, 2012 The sea-green mural at Lasanaa, an arts center here, has familiar elements of Nepali art: images of snowy Himalayan peaks and curlycue whorls representing […]
Beyond Translation
Christian Science Monitor November 22, 2011 Over the years, “chinglish” – those merrily mangled Chinese-to-English translations found in China– have spawned a subculture. Books and websites showcase how in China, mundane […]
