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Published in the May 20204 Issue of South Asia Magazine: While the well-established view about Institutions is that they represent principles, laws, rules, accountability, procedures, values, and permanence beyond normal
Continue readingJaved Jabbar: Individuals, More Than Institutions?
By J. Howard Rosier at Poetry Foundation: The legacy of the deceased may truncate one’s growth, every feeling or decision checked against what ______ would’ve done. Two Minds (W.W. Norton,
Continue reading‘In Two Minds’: Callie Siskel Reflects on the Ghost of Her Famous Father
Daniel Bessner at Harper’s Magazine: In 2012, at the age of thirty-two, the writer Alena Smith went West to Hollywood, like many before her. She arrived to a small apartment
I used to read your poemsbut lately you don’t writeyou’re silent and aloofyou know that isn’t right.You can’t close a door once openedyou can’t abolish all your dreamsyou’re a poet
Leon Vlieger at The Inquisitive Biologist: When it comes to protecting animal species, you would think that conservation biologists, environmental advocates, and animal-loving members of the public are all on
Continue readingWhy Sharks Matter: A Deep Dive with the World’s Most Misunderstood Predator
Pranshu Verma in The Washington Post: Saurabh Netravalkar finds it hard to log off Slack. But a few weeks ago, the Oracle software engineer shipped his final code and set an
Continue readingAmerican Cricket Found a Star. He’s a Silicon Valley Tech Worker.
by Zulfiqar Ali Kalhoro at Youlin Magazine: I have been documenting Shikarpur’s cultural heritage since 1998, and the city’s maaris (mansions) and havelis have always fascinated me. The ornamentation on
Damon Linker at Notes From the Middleground: My previous post was an attempt to make analytical sense of our new political normal, in which right-wing populism is a consistent competitor
Continue readingFurther Thoughts on the Dawning Era of Right-Populist Politics
Leonard Benardo‘s note at Ideas Letter: The New York Intellectuals were a hallowed group of writers and critics who were convinced of the power and art of disputation. Writer and
Khaled Beydoun at Pen > Sword: These are the words of Mahmoud Darwish, the Palestinian poet and literary icon. I share them as homage, and to highlight the timelessness of
Legs locked,shoulders set,eyes ahead straight, mouth firmly wavering,range bound, betweena back n’ forth,from grimaceto smile resolute, my support promised,here beneath,is where I am,you, set uponmy frame,capable~able,you, for,to surmount,overcome,rise above,see farther,vision clearer,any
Adam Shatz at the London Review of Books: When Ariel Sharon withdrew more than eight thousand Jewish settlers from the Gaza Strip in 2005, his principal aim was to consolidate