The Match
by Romesh Gunesekera
The New Press, 2008 This is the story of Sunny, raised in the Manila of the 1970s to a life in London and a longing
The verdant hills of Nagaon District, the main centre of stone quarrying in Assam, mask a web of labour exploitation. Visits to the quarries reveal workers clearing the ground of
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Get to play with colours
The ones who die
Pass into memory.
– Traditional fagu hymn of Mithila
With their quick, comprehensive response to the earthquake in Sichuan, the Chinese authorities
If, today, Rudyard Kipling were to come back to Bundi, in Rajasthan, he would find that nothing had changed nearly a century since he last was here. Indeed, travelling to
Fed on a staple diet of caper films, such as the eminently puerile Cash or equally inane variations like Dus and the Dhoom sequels, it is with great trepidation that
When you pass through the security checks and head over to the apron of Kathmandu's international airport to board an Indian airline, you are asked to enter a
If Bharti Airtel, one of the largest telecom companies in India, is successful in acquiring South Africa's MTN group, its valuation is estimated to go up higher than
