Idols that ring hollow
For the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for a much-celebrated idol of…
Read MoreFor the occasion of this year’s Durga Puja festival in Kolkata, the likeness of a migrant woman was chosen for a much-celebrated idol of…
Read MoreWe were sat upstairs in a favourite hot-pot restaurant in old Taipei, nestled in between a deep red temple and a scooter repair shop,…
Read MoreIf the proponents of cultured meat are to be believed we might be soon headed towards a future in which bioreactors replace, or at…
Read MoreIn her book Animal Intimacies Radhika Govindrajan takes us through a series of human-animal relations in India’s Central Himalayas, the Kumaon division in the…
Read MoreIn Contesting Leviathan, a reference on both the mythical sea-serpent and Thomas Hobbes’ political philosophy, Les Beldo seeks to provide a multi-faceted view of…
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Read MoreFebruary 2020. The pedestrian overpass is covered in banners. Crossing its elevated walkway, only flashes of the sky can be glimpsed through the hanging…
Read MoreIn Niger one frequently hears that schools, specifically secondary schools, are haunted. Briefly put, this means that some schools are teeming with spirits, most…
Read MoreSome miles outside a small Welsh town, off the main road, a long, flat structure rises from the undergrowth. Ivy and weed smother brick….
Read MoreTreasures and Discreet Afterlives of Greek Heritage in Contemporary Turkey Treasure hunts have long been a common practice, constituting one of the primary problems…
Read MoreEurope’s largest decentralised memorial is artist Gunter Demnig’s Stolpersteine—‘stumbling stones’— small brass plaques installed in the pavement in front of the former homes of victims of…
Read More“My best friend from the army was a unit officer responsible for food and supplies. His name was Đura and he was from Serbia….
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