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Indigenous Picnic in the Korean Export Zone
Before it drifts too far into the past, I want to record here an extraordinary picnic and its aftermath. My colleague Dr. Ananda Vikas Chakma in the history faculty at...
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Throwing abīr
अबीर या होलि तं चया ला ल्यासे अबीरं छंगु ख्वा: हीसि देका बी 21 March 2019, is many holidays all rolled into one. It is Nawruz or Spring Equinox and...
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Skills network incubator for speakers of rare languages
Asian University for Women recruits students from a range of disenfranchised or marginalised groups. I’m not—just now—going to dig into the slipperiness of how a World Bank funded institution might...
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One of those words that expresses something
Okay, so there are tons of posts about words in Japanese or Finnish, but in Bangla there is ‘মেঠোপথ’ meṭhopoth: A path running through an open field formed by frequent movement...
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Living yourself out of a corner
While I’m on the short, reflective posts: everyone (especially those who have ever actually painted a floor) is familiar with the concept of painting yourself into a corner. Once you’ve...