Bengal, east and west
Here are a few photos from my recent reporting trip to eastern India and Bangladesh. Over six weeks, I took in Calcutta , far too much of Dhaka and some of the more outlying parts of Bangladesh. Based on my trips up to Sylhet and Joypurhat, in the north and west of the country, I...
What’s next for India’s Communist Party?
The distrust of the Communist Party, once a powerhouse in parts of India, could signal a major change in Indian politics. Here’s what its leaders plan to do to keep their old mission alive.
Kahn’s masterpiece
One of Dhaka’s most arresting attractions is its magisterially bleak (or bleakly magisterial) national parliament, the Jatiyo Sangshad Bhaban. Constructed from massive blocks of unfinished reinforced concrete bisected by simple triangles and circles, the building is perhaps the crowning work in the career of American architect Louis Khan. Although commissioned as the national parliament of...
Around Dhaka
Here are some photos from my recent sojourn in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where I spent some time this month visiting friends and chasing a few stories (some of which will hopefully come to fruition in the next few weeks). The city — one of the fastest growing metropolises on earth — is so bewilderingly large that...
