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.
The evolution of the Indian palace
From intimate to imperial.
Every bad girl needs an exit strategy
Things would have turned out very differently for Marie Antoinette had she had one.
The rise and fall of the technorati
Plotting the trajectory of the knowledge elites from another era.
Islam-ish
Trying to define a word can be very difficult sometimes.
Trop picks: Ginkgo
Marking the passing of time with the ginkgo tree.
The other Manchurian incident
The worst catastrophe you've never heard of.
Why don’t we teach our kids how to beg anymore?
After all, success today demands an almost monastic discipline.
Whither the future of higher education in Asia?
What is the future of higher education in Asia?
Liberal arts the Confucian way
A closer look at Confucianism reveals a surprisingly liberal learning tradition.
Liberal arts the Brahmanical way
Or how to convince your parents to pay for that liberal arts degree.
Pondering the haze
How does a single nation handle a transnational problem?
A surprisingly interesting history of vast empty spaces
Sometimes less really is more.
Trop picks: Hevea brasiliensis
The plant that changed our history.
Why Singapore built a zoo
For a new nation with few natural resources, the decision to build a zoo was a strange one.
The winking owl
The time the world went mad.
The history of civilization in four pictures
How man conquered nature.
The pampered pachyderms of Mysore
Trop picks: Snake Fruit
Tracing the salak fruit's journey from the heart of darkness to our tables.
Dancer in the dark: Dai Ailian
The world saw Dai as Chinese first and a dancer second. But when she couldn't find a Chinese dance tradition to make her own, she set about creating one.