Conversations and Explorations: Pauline Fan
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AdvertisementTranslation matters. It always has, but perhaps now more than ever. It is a paradox that globalisation offers the technological means of...
Doors of Perception and Translation
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Beyond a handful of specialists, knowledge of historical French connections with Penang and the wider Malay archipelago is thin. Perhaps this should not come as...
Conversations and Explorations: Leela Devi Panikar - Spinning Short Stories
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Panikar’s latest collection, The Darjeeling Affair, is just out. And like the others, it carries all the hallmarks of good short-story writing: brevity, fleetness (sometimes even curtness), and unflinching attention to small details.