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A Darkness Visible: Afghanistan

Audio Slideshow: Prize-wining photojournalist Seamus Murphy shares intimate images from Afghanistan.

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Youngsters celebrate Lunar New Year in Hong Kong with a dragon dance. (-RS-/flickr)

Celebrating the New Year in Asia

An exploration of the many ways a new year is celebrated in Asia.

 
Historian Rann Mitter contrasts the Chinese Nationalists' and Communists' resistance to Japan during WWII on Jan. 12, 2010.

How A Wartime Past Influences Today’s China

A major reassessment of the Nationalists' role in WWII is underway, claims Oxford historian.

 

The Fires Within: Sri Lanka at War

Photojournalist Ron Haviv documents the humanitarian costs of civil war.

 
An Ayurveda mantra inscribed in rocks at Zanskar, India. Photographer unknown.

Math, Science, and Technology in India: From the Ancient to the Recent

A tour de force essay written by Dr. Roddham Narasimha.

 

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