Figuring Things Out

  On the banks of Manimala river in Tiruvalla, Kerala, there is a place called Thottabhagom. Perhaps the area gets it name (~ 'garden ar...

This post is about one article and one book, both of which dwell on cruelty, and the mind boggling capacity of people to inflict pain and ...

This was an eye-opener, and a reminder about how little I know about Africa. Having studied with a group of Africans I also find it su...

It is a coincidence that two of the books I have 'read' over the past weeks have both been on Africa. The first was Chinua Ach...