Articles tagged with 'william-dalrymple' — 3 found
On people, or: “I didn’t want to start with an issue”
Peter Hessler, former English teacher in China and author of several books on Chinese life and people, both historical and modern, is a 2011 MacArthur Fellow and long-form journalist. In his interview in reception of his prize, he spoke on what it is to write about China and Chinese life, to him: “There’s always been [...]
November 26th, 2011Tamil Tiger warfare via… Rambo: thoughts on the complexity of South Asia
Location: Woodstock, Georgia Subject: the subcontinent; South Asia (India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh) Reading material: William Dalrymple’s The Age of Kali: Indian Travels and Encounters (Oakland: Lonely Planet Publication, 2005) Impetus: Class, History of Modern India and South Asia Dalrymple’s travelogue The strange thing about getting my book list for this class back in January [...]
April 18th, 2010Discovering, India
A visit to the East, one of many rich, inspiring locales. There are many places in the world counted as historically valuable and culturally rich, places that inspire, bewilder, and enchant every generation who discovers them in their own way. And the experience is different for each person, different for the native resident, different for [...]
February 17th, 2010