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 […]
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In Bangladesh, a Vibrant Contemporary Scene
International New York Times March 14, 2014 DHAKA, Bangladesh — Political turmoil and violent nationwide strikes regularly disrupted life in Bangladesh last year. But on a hot night in Dhaka, […]
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 […]
No Heights Too Steep
Ms. Magazine February 2013 The First Woman to Climb Everest is Now an Activist DURING HER ASCENT OF Mount Everest in 1975, Junko Tabei narrowly avoided disaster. The Japanese mountaineer was buried in an […]
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 […]
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. […]
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