Body Language
In Asia, our hands speak another language.
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Passions of the Cut Sleeve
Above all, Emperor Ai of Han (who ruled from 6 B.C.E.-1 C.E.) loved his retainer Dong Xian, whose father was a respected censor in…
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The Scientific Indian
In the year 1887, Srinivas Ramanujan was born in the temple town of Kumbakonam, the last redoubt of orthodox Brahminism against the onslaught of…
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An Islamic Environmentalism
“A group of men set out to collect the fruits of a garden, but before doing so, they failed to acknowledge that their labors…
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Where Are the Humanities in Asia’s Schools?
Maya Thiagarajan is the author of Beyond the Tiger Mom, a more thoughtful take on parenting differences between East and West than that other…
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Would a Chinese-Style Education Really Be that Awful?
In the popular imagination, or at least that of liberally minded “good” parents, the one thing to be avoided at all costs is the…
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Pick a Side
Or is that too much to ask?
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The Threat to Our Schools
If we believe that education is a public good, then now is the time to raise the decibel level on the conversation around private tutoring.
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Must English Be the Language of Science?
If we want to spread secular and scientific thought, we need better and more translations of scientific ideas into the vernacular.
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Why Don’t We Teach Our Kids How to Beg Anymore?
After all, success today demands an almost monastic discipline.