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Somaly Mam: telling the story of Cambodian women
We are made of stories. We recount them, understand them, remember them, and live them. In the canonical image of villagers sitting around a fire at night, everyone is listening to the storyteller narrate the tales of the day or the season.
Chinese women who redefined fierce!
If Wendi Deng Murdoch is ever in need of a role model, she needs look no further than Washington DC, the hometown of Anna Chan Chennault.
What it means to vote in India
The freedom to choose their government was a hard-won victory from the British for the people of India more than 60 years ago. Today, they still go to surprising lengths to honour that right, as Karishma Vaswani learns when she goes voting with a Mumbaikar.
As India Votes 2009
Illustration: Vikash Sharma
There simply isn't just one Mumbai
Karishma Vaswani shows theasiamag.com the highlights of this astounding metropolis of 18 million and makes sense of the economic spectrum of people who call this city home.
As India Votes 2009
Illustration: Vikash Sharma
Delhi to Gujarat: Encounters with Indian democracy on the BBC Election Train
Karishma Vaswani looks back on the first leg of the journey on an Indian train, and the people she met.
As India Votes 2009
Illustration: Vikash Sharma
Gujarat: At the edge of its religious chasm
In 2002, the Indian state of Gujarat was the scene of the communal mob violence that saw tit-for-tat attacks between Hindus and Muslims. NGOs put the death toll at up to 2,000. As Gujaratis go to the polls on April 30, how far will religion figure in this divided state?
theasiamag.com catches up with Soutik Biswas, the BBC's India editor, who is in the state, for a sense of the sentiment on the ground in Gujarat.
As India Votes 2009
Illustration: Vikash Sharma
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Disappearing deity
India, with half the world’s population of wild tigers, sees red over China’s plans to reopen the trade in tiger parts.
Why the King of Thailand never smiles
No one, it is said, has ever seen King Bhumibol Adulyadej smile in public. This may seem an exaggeration, but certainly the Thai monarch often wears an expression of utter seriousness. “A religious ascetic,” Time once called him. Few would dispute that.
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AT A GLANCE A quick insight to the top stories
A tale of two terminals
Instant noodles rule the world!
Nano car. Big questions. (Part 1 of 2)
"The West Wing": Season Eight, unscripted
The elixir of youth
Death by mining - A Third World affair
A tale of two bronzes
Chasing the sun
SPAM, I am
Life, unscripted
India's silent gender cleansing
Bhutan: Weaving a future
Fight of the moon goddesses
The wretched act of animal release
A flare-up over going solar
Disappearing deity
Villages jump on the Internet Bus
Bridging the digital divide
Does communication save lives?
Singaporeans rise to the occasion
Flight of the Kiwi
Crossing the Muslim-Buddhist divide for love
Singing to read
Fascinating Asia by Rail
10 Eco-Myths Busted
Another Point
From Jerusalem to the West Bank