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World’s second-largest Buddhist stupa discovered in Bihar

February 9, 2009 Robert Mull 0

Archaeologists have discovered a huge Buddhist stupa in Bihar’s Nalanda district, officials said on Monday. A team of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) located ……Read More

Singing the diaspora (remixed)

February 9, 2009 Robert Mull 0

Looking in, looking out — not an easy position. But writer Tash Aw has been doing it from England for 15 years. In 2005, his ……Read More

Latest on the rack

February 9, 2009 Robert Mull 0

A light note **** Playing on the theme of story telling, Waiting for Renee, is a collection of Kafkaesque short stories without the doom-gloom. “That’s ……Read More

Hot, wet and wild weather makes Australia what it is

February 9, 2009 Robert Mull 0

In Australian poet Dorothea Mackellar’s famous homage to her “wilful, lavish land”, she extols a weather trifecta of “floods and fire and famine” that “pays ……Read More

European artist’s toilet attracts tourists

February 9, 2009 Robert Mull 1

Kawakawa could be described as an inconspicuous backwater New Zealand town. It has a long main street, a butcher, a cafe, a supermarket and a ……Read More

Some like it plaid

February 9, 2009 Robert Mull 0

As the summer heat threatens to stage an intervention in our cool weather wardrobes, it’s time to draw up a fresh list of must-haves. And ……Read More