The West, FIFA and Us: We're all being hypocritical about the World Cup
Pro-migrant, anticolonial discourse has been weaponised to support Qatar’s hosting of the FIFA World Cup
1y ago
Mermaids aren’t real, and neither is race
Our current conceptualisation of race derives heavily from the last couple centuries of European imperialism.
2y ago
Declan Walsh's 'The Nine Lives of Pakistan': A journalist explains the country that banished him
In the middle of an Islamabad night, just before the Pakistan election of 2013, the Irish journalist Declan Walsh was visited by “angels”.
3y ago
An anarchist retelling of Tintin
The globetrotting hero-reporter, he of the blonde quiff and the plus four trousers, had many an adventure throughout a 46-year-long run under
3y ago
Revisiting the only book written by an Indian about the Indian soldiers of WWI
Tens of thousands of men sailed across the ocean to a land they’d never before heard the name of. They fought long and hard, in the world’s
4y ago
The Dead Can’t Dance
The death’s head is panther-stalking her through the party. Bodies washed in neon pink ebb and flow, sinking and rising from the shadows as light thrums.
5y ago
The trap of Re-Orientalism
“Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,” wrote Rudyard Kipling, a man with a silly name who only had a career because West met East and immediately mugged it, running off with wallet, shoes and pants. Through Kipling’s pen, the British
5y ago
April 13, 2017
TV's Best Sci-fi Right Now
There is little in The Expanse's cold open of a lone woman in a spaceship having a nightmarish encounter that indicates it is the start of something remarkable.
March 30, 2017
How to breathe in Dhaka
You had best learn to take care of yourself and your loved ones
March 30, 2017
THE TEETH OF MAN
Ten thousand were the teeth in Mashgaru's smiling mouth, with still more hidden until needed.
March 16, 2017
Drowning Lands
Though Dzong had never seen the sea before, his baby sister loved it.
March 16, 2017
How to BE a Pagri
In an age of globalisation we are at risk of having our own home-grown culture swamped by foreign imports.
March 9, 2017
How to Handle Information in 2017
The world is a complex web of events that may be geographically distant but have real and immediate consequences.
March 9, 2017
DELETING FEELSBADMAN.JPG
It is used to describe a state of sadness that appears long-term and unshakeable.
March 2, 2017
Chalice Hymnal
It is a sunless afternoon and a woman sits alone on her porch under the wind chimes. Bells and horns sound from the top of a great stone temple welcoming the evening tide. An unshaven man prowls the nameless alleys in the dead hours of the night, searching for you.
February 27, 2017
Global warming sets the stage for war
The first time I encountered the concept of a war for the environment was in the Command & Conquer: Tiberian Series of strategy games.
February 16, 2017
The Hair Loss Experience
I suffered from severe dandruff problems as a teenager (ladies). I combatted this with a ferocious grooming program that saw me going at my hair with a comb whenever my hands were free.
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