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We showcase Asian art and culture with a modern view, to inspire us and the future.
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Lucas Grochot
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Aug 16
Two Flavors Of Gay Samurai In Japanese Media
Wildly different depictions of queerness when you’re…
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Prateek Dasgupta
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How Chinese Immigrants Enriched Calcutta’s Culinary Landscape
A happy marriage between two of the…
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Yuri Minamide
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Aug 3
More Foreigners Now Use Japanese Names — Is It A Problem?
French-Malian singer Aya Nakamura is just…
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Prateek Dasgupta
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Mar 2, 2023
Did the Buddha Have Iranian Origins?
Could the sage have descended from the Iranian-speaking Scythians…
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Yuri Minamide
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May 16
The West Was Once in Love With the Islamic World
Review of the exhibition ‘Inspired by the East: How the Islamic World Influenced Western Art’ at the British Museum
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Yuri Minamide
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May 5
In Shōgun (2024), John Blackthorne Pilots You to 16th Century Japan
The samurai’s life and death are…
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