If palm leaf inscriptions can be saved from rodents, insects, the forces of nature and deliberate destruction, they can paint vivid pictures of the history of the Syrian Christians in Kerala.
Fiction: Below are the ramblings of an inhabitant of Darjeeling whom I often happen to meet. They are the words we have been hearing in the hills since the beginning of the Gorkhaland agitation in 1986.
Southasia seems to be a much safer place for journalists. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), only three journalists were jailed in the region in 2013 out of
“Material culture is the history and philosophy of objects and the myriad relationships between people and things.”
- Bernard Herman, material culture scholar.
Abdulla Yameen’s narrow win over Mohamed Nasheed in the 2013 Maldives election was greeted with scant celebration, both on the streets of Male and in the victor’s camp.
