Delhi’s Current Flows On
Electric Literature October 7, 2016 A walk in India’s capital with Akhil Sharma, winner of the 2016 International Dublin Literary Award Author Akhil Sharma visiting ruins in Delhi, spring 2012. Credit: […]
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Poaching Leaves Elephant Daughters in Charge in Kenya
New York Times July 5, 2016 SAMBURU NATIONAL RESERVE, Kenya — The Land Cruiser bumped and rattled over the lush, tawny savanna dotted with acacia trees. GO TO ARTICLE George […]
Stephen Park On Playing A Code-Switching Character In Steinbeck’s ‘East Of Eden’
NPR November 3, 2015 East of Eden, John Steinbeck’s 1952 novel, is on stage at Chicago’s legendary Steppenwolf Theater through November 15. I remember reading the book as a teenager […]
Death threats fail to stop mission to save bonded labourers in Pakistan
Financial Times September 15, 2015 In the middle of the night, Syeda Ghulam Fatima drove to a brick kiln near Lahore and ushered a family of bonded labourers into her […]
In Australia, New Tibetan Migrants Learn to Swim
Voice of America April 10, 2015 SYDNEY—Australia’s largest community of Tibetan refugees is based in a beach town in Sydney. In their new home far from the Himalayas, hundreds of […]
Bangladesh’s Trained Fishing Otters Fade as Catches Dwindle
Voice of America KHULNA, BANGLADESH— In southwest Bangladesh, fishermen get help from unusual partners: river otters. For generations, fishermen have trained river otters to catch fish. But the rare tradition […]
Farming on Water to Prevent the Effects of Climate Change
The Floating Gardens of Bangladesh New York Times November 18, 2014 Photo Villagers in northwest Bangladesh tending a floating farm. Credit Amy Yee CHARBHANGURA, Bangladesh — Each year the brown […]
This Will All Be Underwater
Roads and Kingdoms July 30, 2014 Khulna, Bangladesh One afternoon three years ago, a tiger attacked Kamal Gazi as he was fishing on a riverbank in the mangrove forests of […]
Far From the Rooftop of the World
Roads and Kingdoms March 10, 2014 Bylakuppe, India Indian pop music blasted within the autorickshaw and the flimsy metal buggy chugged to a raucous dance beat as we bumped along […]
A riverboat cruise into the mangrove forest of Bangladesh
Boston Globe February 15, 2014 KHULNA, Bangladesh — The riverboat nosed through the narrowing inlet as darkness descended. Inky masses of trees on the riverbank reached out over the water […]
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