Traditions

Toronto-based writer and photographer Shayma Saadat draws on her mixed heritage to cook up an award-winning "food memoir" blog.

An overview on Asian American identity, demographics, perceptions, and misperceptions.

In this essay, the author lays out five themes that are critical to understanding modern India.

An essay exploring why close family ties and dependencies are valued so highly in Korea.

The Mongol Dynasty

Kublai Khan, grandson of Ghengis Khan, ruled as an intellect and a warrior to create one of the greatest empires in history.

Angkor Wat in Cambodia, today known as a World Heritage Site, is also a vestige of a great inland SE Asian empire.

The Korean Judge

The practice of mediation in Korea.

Nobel laureate Amartya Sen argues for Indian identity as diverse, multifaceted, and continually open to new influences.

The Desi Diaspora

The world events and many adversities that shaped overseas Indians' sense of unity and identity over the past two centuries.

The difficulties faced by Cambodian refugees in the United States and how communities were established over time.

On class, status and social structure in India.

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