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Tag: India

A Beautiful Mind
Soul + Body
Breathe In

A Beautiful Mind

The great Bengali polymath was an intellectual giant; a poet, thinker, social reformer, and much more, who reshaped the culture of his homeland.
Paulina Wilk
The Babus of Nayanjore
Art + Stories
Fiction

The Babus of Nayanjore

A short story by the Bengali polymath about the clash between different classes and generations—and between tradition and modernity.
Rabindranath Tagore
Where Trees Devour Houses
World + People
Dreams and Visions

Where Trees Devour Houses

The capital of West Bengal is a young city that appears unable to escape the memory of a more prosperous past. Yet slowly but surely, Kolkata is changing.
Paulina Wilk
Stray Birds
Art + Stories
Art

Stray Birds

"I cannot choose the best. The best chooses me." A selection of illustrated short poems, written by the great modernizer of Bengali art and culture.
Rabindranath Tagore
Stop Singing in the Shower
World + People
Nature

Stop Singing in the Shower

Access to clean water is far from a universal right across the globe. We must urgently address this, before it’s too late.
Maciej Wesołowski
An Open Home, A Wandering Home
World + People
Dreams and Visions

An Open Home, A Wandering Home

A home is not simply a place of residence; it is part of one’s identity. What does the concept of home mean for those living in poverty?
Paulina Wilk
I Don’t Believe in Blind Idealism
Art + Stories
Experiences, Opinions

I Don’t Believe in Blind Idealism

Katarzyna Boni, author of the reportage “Auroville: The City Made of Dreams”, talks about the difficulties of establishing (and writing about) utopian societies.
Stasia Budzisz
A Tiger Won’t Look You in The Eye
World + People
Nature

A Tiger Won’t Look You in The Eye

At the confluence of three rivers in the Bay of Bengal, the Sundarbans mangrove forest grows. A beautiful place, yet with rising tides and Bengal tigers, life here is unstable.
Paulina Wilk
The Monsoon Empire
Art + Stories
Experiences

The Monsoon Empire

In monsoon season, India is governed by the irrepressible rhythms of water. The rain brings destruction, but it also brings an abundance of life.
Paulina Wilk