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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Financial Times April 22, 2006 Just before I go in to see Steve Wynn, one of his staff asks if I like dogs. As soon as I enter the casino […]
The Economist May 26, 2011 IN AN isolated forest in the Sivalik hills of south-western Nepal, intense sun beats down through the treetops. A sweaty trek up a steep, rocky […]
Buddha Dharma Magazine February 10, 2012 After twenty-one years of intensive study, Kelsang Wangmo, a German-born Tibetan Buddhist nun, has become the first woman to receive the prestigious geshe degree. Amy […]
International Herald Tribune November 27, 2011 NEW DELHI — With its massive chalk-white face of ice and snow, Thorthormi glacier in northern Bhutan looms high against a bright blue sky, […]
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 […]
Economist November 2, 2011 IN “CHINGLISH”, a new Broadway play by David Henry Hwang, an American businessman goes to China to rustle up business for his family’s ailing sign-making company. […]
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