TGV is the newer of Miri’s two movie theaters. Past the vendors selling durian and rambutan in the tamu, the stall keepers offering nasi lemak…
The arts and culture pages of the day before yesterday’s Hindu newspaper (April 24th 2015) brought back vivid memories of my first visit to India…
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been torn between the two irreconcilable halves of my person- Tanisha, my name on every official document,…
II dislike shopping. That is, I am intolerant of the endless mind-numbing browsing of groaning shelves and sagging racks of items that I can live…
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Sameen Borker reviews The Sensational Life & Death of Qandeel Baloch, by Sanam Maher.
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
Word from the Streets captures Richard Rose’s experience of Bangalore through his many visits.
I GREW UP IN MIAMI BEACH, FLORIDA IN THE EARLY 1950’s, when television was in its infancy (only three channels). We had a twelve inch…
I was painfully aware of my lack of a jazzer’s ear the year I spent playing tenor saxophone in my high school jazz band. I…
Dyna Kassir’s essay is a collection of speculative thoughts, diverse and scattered but many times blended and regrouped, inspired by the 2008 movie “Slumdog Millionaires” directed by Danny Boyle.
It is 2012. My youth group in church does not invite me to a party because they think I am too weird, and that my…
I wrote this piece in 1996, in the early years of Bargemusic, before its full flourishing and when it was still possible to get a…
“Before I met you, south Indian people made me cringe.” Just as my roommate uttered one of her most ignorant remarks to date, I bit…