After a Fatal Rape, Paths to Change
New York Times Weekly January 24, 2013 NEW DELHI — Crowds converged in Delhi last month to protest the gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student that shocked […]
Jeeping Up on India’s Wild Lions
Wall Street Journal January 4, 2013 A fast and fairly furry safari that’s far from Africa—and in Gir Forest National Park, home to remaining members of the majestic, tassel-tailed Asiatic […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hydrogen Fuels Autorickshaws and Dreams of Cleaner Air
International Herald Tribune October 2, 2012 NEW DELHI — Across India, small three-wheeled autorickshaws ferry people and goods from place to place, with tens of thousands in Delhi alone buzzing […]
Tibetans Sacrifice Their Lives for Their Faith
Wall Street Journal August 17, 2012 Dharamsala, India A 35-year-old Tibetan nun named Palden Choetso set herself on fire on a street corner in southwest China last November. The final […]
Nepal Sees End in Sight for Trachoma
The Lancet, June 23, 2012 Nepal is on track to eliminate the eye disease by 2014, according to a recent meeting of health experts. Amy Yee reports on the country’s […]
Microhydro Drives Change in Rural Nepal
International Herald Tribune June 20, 2012 BAGLUNG, NEPAL — In Rangkhani, a remote mountain village in western Nepal, a 12- hour walk on steep dirt roads from Baglung, the district’s […]
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. […]
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