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: Culture
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 […]
1,100 Pounds of Matzo in Kathmandu: Welcome to the World’s Largest Seder
Atlantic.com April 12, 2012 KATHMANDU, Nepal — It was three hours to sundown before the first night of Passover and the kitchen in this Kathmandu hotel was a steamy mess. […]
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 […]
In New Delhi, Sampling India’s Regional Food
New York Times April 11, 2010Each of India’s 28 states has its own government-run house for state affairs, known as a bhavan, in the bustling capital city of New Delhi. […]
In Cities Like New Delhi, B&Bs Are One Answer to a Hotel Shortage
The New York Times October 18, 2009 MAYBE it was the patterned bedspread and white appliqué pillows on the double bed that made the simple room so inviting. Or perhaps […]
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 […]
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 […]
