Indian theater activists see rise in political risks – The Nikkei Asian Review
My latest story with Laure Siegel on government censorship and the arts in India, focusing on theater on Mumbai and Delhi. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI — “First they come for the movies. Then for the books....
View ArticleBangkok’s ‘motorcycle mamas’ roar into men’s world – in the Nikkei Asian Review
My latest article with Laure Siegel in the Nikkei Asian Review looks at how women enter the motorcycle taxi workforce in Bangkok, a traditionally male bastion. With fewer and fewer job opportunities...
View ArticleBangkok’s Chinatown at heart of heritage battle in The Nikkei Asian Review
Activists take on government over plans to transform culturally-rich area. My latest on the continued cultural impoverishment of Bangkok with Laure Siegel in The Nikkei Asian Review this week. BANGKOK...
View ArticleLittle Europe – The proto-colonies of West Bengal in The Nikkei Asian Review
Last story of 2017, first story of 2018, with Laure Siegel. The show stays on the road and the road takes me wherever. Home is anywhere I lay my head. In this instance, north of Kolkata, the world’s...
View ArticleTourism woes in Laos in The Nikkei Asian Review
VIENTIANE — It is Saturday afternoon in tourist high season, and Vientiane is very quiet. Most shops are closed for the weekend. A couple of Asian tour groups ascend the Patuxai, the Laotian capital’s...
View ArticleSome of my best recent stories in the Nikkei Asian Review
From a punk rock collective in Borneo to European proto-colonies and ethnic minorities in India, rock stars and a circus from Cambodia, the scourge of development in Laos, female motorcycle taxi...
View ArticleThai tropical paradise finds opportunity in adversity – in The Nikkei Asian...
My latest story with Laure Siegel in the Nikkei Asian Review from our temporary lockdown sanctuary, Koh Phangan in Thailand. KOH PHANGAN, Thailand — In the late afternoon sun, a long line of sandals...
View ArticleConservation activists urge post-pandemic tourism reset in Thailand in The...
My latest article with Laure Siegel on conservation initiatives in the Gulf of Thailand is out in The Nikkei Asian Review. “There are kids in Thailand who cannot identify a coconut. And if people don’t...
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