Notes from the field
By Isobel Chiang, 08/04/2019. If I’m being honest, the month before I left for India was not an enjoyable one: I was excited for my [...]
A Phenomenology of Detritus
By Luke McCusker, 08/03/2019. It is part of the earth and it is part of our worlds. Everything you do leaves something behind. Your existence [...]
Megha: An Agricultural Cooperative for Indigenous Women
“We are women, tribal women. And we are farmers. We women are the ones who work these fields. We know that there must also be women farmers in the United States and the rest of the world, and we want them to know that we are here. That is important to us.” -Lataben, Narmadaben, Ratilaben, and Sheelaben
Kolkata’s Cheenapara Breakfast
By Isobel Chiang, 07/30/2019. Tucked precariously inside Kolkata’s Bowbazar district is Territy Bazaar, known colloquially as “Old Chinatown.” I say “precariously” because if you didn’t [...]
From Shankara to Abhinavagupta
By Luke McCusker, 07/28/2019. In Bangalore, I met with Professor Sundar Sarukkai. The humanities have been undervalued in contemporary Indian education, sidelined in favor of [...]
My encounters with Kolkata
By Isobel Chiang, 07/26/2019. And then, just like that, it was time to get on a plane to Kolkata. "You’re going to Kolkata?" people would [...]
An Insufficient Phenomenological Reading of Old Delhi
By Luke McCusker, 07/21/2019. Delhi is a city within a city: Old Delhi within New Delhi. Already there is an exterior and an interior--Delhi within [...]
First taste of Chinese food in India
By Isobel Chiang, 07/17/2019. Last night, I finally had the chance to try Indian-Chinese street food. Or is it Chinese-Indian street food? As I continue [...]
Heidegger and Shantiniketan
By Luke McCusker, 07/15/2019. Alongside his intellectual pursuits, Martin Heidegger was a Nazi sympathizer. While the grounds for his position may have been philosophical rather [...]