Recent interesting reads Shashi Tharoor writes about India’s language politics: “we don’t have one ‘national language’ in the country, but several”. A feature from Karim and me, published in Sydsvenskan earlier this year, about Jibon Tari, “the boat of life” – a floating hospital in Bangladesh. Makeshift, a magazine...
Recent interesting reads Starting from now, I’ll be sharing roundups with links to smart, interesting and original stories and projects. Today – development, prison tales and two Indian cities. 80% of the world’s poorest live in 10 countries, says a new World Bank report. In Kolkata, creativity triumphs over...
In 2050, India will have a population of more than 300 million seniors. Only three countries in the world are estimated to have more people – Pakistan, USA and China. India is already today home to 1/3 of the world’s poorest, and with a population that’s getting older, safeguarding...
Right in the centre of South Bombay, in the midst of charming but cramped old buildings and green parks where kids play cricket, sits a huge building: CST, often called “the most beautiful train station in the world”. The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, which is the full name of this...
By Qatari artist Ghada Al Khater twitter.com/emergeast/status/1…
RT @anchoastro: in Korean folk tales instead of “once upon a time” they’d sometimes use “back when tigers used to smoke” 
🌫️ https://t.co/QhJ9FPOmar
This is how they framed it! Insane that this is the concern: the visitors to Turkey, not the people of Turkey twitter.com/nytimesworld/statu…
Sudan – designers and others, submit your ideas for neighbourhood rehabilitation across the country. Info + registe… twitter.com/i/web/status/15859…
RT @mona_harb_: if you missed this fantastic webinar, you can watch it now: https://t.co/24Wneg0Oya