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 […]
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“Lost in Translation: Chinglish” on Broadway
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. […]
Following the Tagore Trail
Wall Street Journal Asia November 7, 2011 In 1912 the Irish poet William Butler Yeats came across a poetry manuscript freshly translated from Bengali to English by a writer then […]
Dancing robots: Invitation to the Dance
Economist, Babbage September 20th 2011 AS THE violins soar, a lone dancer lopes gracefully across the stage of the Joyce Theatre in New York. But this is no solo. Two […]
Don’t Fear the e-Reaper
Economist.com August 2, 2011 AS BORDERS started liquidating its remaining American bookstores last week, the death knell for print books in the digital age tolled ever louder. But on July […]
Indian Print Artisans at Work
International Herald Tribune May 26, 2011 JAIPUR, INDIA — From the roof of the mansion comes the rhythmic sound of clinking metal. Mujeeb Ullakhan, a wood block carver, sits on […]
Smithsonian has hand in Indian science exhibit planned by Tibetan monks
The Washington Post December 17, 2010 GO TO ARTICLE NEW DELHI – The northern Indian town of Bir was greeted with an unusual sight when Scott Schmidt carried six-foot-long plywood […]
Ashes to Ashes
Wall Street Journal November 8, 2010 Watching Sankai Juku on stage is akin to seeing a dream unfold. One of Japan’s leading Butoh dance companies, it combines otherworldly beauty with […]
Through India’s Spiritual Landscape
OCTOBER 30, 2009 Much has changed since William Dalrymple moved to India in 1989 to write “City of Djinns,” his best-selling portrait of Delhi at the dawn of India’s economic […]
Fifty Years of Exile
Wall Street Journal Asia March 20, 2009 Samdhong Rinpoche fled Tibet in 1959 but he still remembers his homeland vividly. “My memories of my life in Tibet are more clear […]
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