The small landlocked Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, which lies between China and India, is not only a tourist mecca. The country has also long pioneered the concept of ‘gross national happiness’, which its architects regard …
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Regardless of where one looks, it is women who bear most of the responsibility for holding societies together, be it at home, in health care, at school or in caring for the elderly. In many …
Focused on big events and inconsequential forms of entertainment, the West’s news media have never been good at reading international trends—still less in this age of presidential tweets and micro attention spans. And Africa fares …
When Indonesia declared independence from Dutch rule in 1945, the country’s founder, Sukarno, called on his people to build a nation that would ‘stand in strength’, eternally united. That mantra—unity and strength—helped shape the country’s …