• About Us
  • The Kargil Project
  • The Royal Belum Initiative
  • Grobalization
  • International Relations
  • Immaterial Culture
  • Material Culture
  • Minis
  • The City
  • The Jungle
  • The True Cost of Things
  • The Line Podcast
  • Bad Gals/ Boys
The Tropicalist - Looking for Home, One Plant at a Time
Aziz Ansari’s Dev Shah- A Gandhi for Our Age?
Grobalization
October 30, 2017

Aziz Ansari’s Dev Shah- A Gandhi for Our Age?

Could American popular culture achieve what even Gandhi couldn’t? I’m taking of course about unity in the Subcontinent.

The Quran, Islam and Egalitarianism
Material Culture
October 30, 2017

The Quran, Islam and Egalitarianism

Early Arab society, like the Quran itself, was strikingly egalitarian, until it came up against the reality of administering a large and multicultural empire.

The Tulip Age
Grobalization
September 16, 2017

The Tulip Age

The story of how the humble bulb became embroiled in the conflict between the forces of globalization and tradition.

A Primer for Scientists: How to Win Friends and Influence People
Grobalization
February 25, 2017

A Primer for Scientists: How to Win Friends and Influence People

Is it even possible to spread a set of norms widely, but still maintain your status as the arbiter of those norms?

Lessons from an Earlier Global Age
Grobalization
January 16, 2017

Lessons from an Earlier Global Age

The last global age was the Golden Age of Islam. So why aren’t our intellectuals scouring it for clues about what lies ahead for us?

An Islamic Environmentalism
Immaterial Culture
October 8, 2016

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…

The Ismailis, Brexit and D. Trump
Grobalization
August 6, 2016

The Ismailis, Brexit and D. Trump

It’s an odd and little-remarked-upon fact of our time that some of our most successful post-colonial nation states are not states at all. We’ve…

Islam-ish
Material Culture
October 10, 2015

Islam-ish

Trying to define a word can be very difficult sometimes.

Must English Be the Language of Science?
Immaterial Culture
February 1, 2017

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.

Elegance is Refusal
Material Culture
April 6, 2015

Elegance is Refusal

Through the utter simplicity of their dress, the Nawabs of Awadh demonstrate that elegance is refusal.

Tags

Architecture Art Asia Botany Buddhism China Cities Communication Confucianism Consumptionomics Culture Design Dipterocarps Ecology Education Elsewhere Environment fashion Fleurs flowers Globalization Hinduism History How to Communicate Better Immigration India Indonesia Innovation Islam Japan Korea Malaysia Modernity Objets Plants podcast Science Sculpture Singapore Southeast Asia Trade Trees Tulips Urban Planning Women
Copyright belongs to Thetropicalist.press except where stated otherwise
  • About Us
  • Disclaimer
  • Contact
  • Tropicalist Shop
  • For Distributors