Affirming the Spirit of Bandung Today
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read Moreby Anisa | May 5, 2025 | Asia/World, Feature, Opinion/Analysis, Peace and Security, Power and Democracy | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read Moreby Anisa | Apr 30, 2025 | Asia/World, Feature, Power and Democracy | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read MoreV0025029 Geography: water spouts at sea, with rain. Coloured wood eng Credit: Wellcome Library, London. Wellcome Images [email protected] http://wellcomeimages.org Geography: water spouts at sea, with rain. Coloured wood engraving by C. Whymper. By: Charles H. WhymperPublished: - Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons Attribution only licence CC BY 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
by Galileo de Guzman Castillo | Apr 24, 2025 | 1Post Types, Asia/World, Feature, Opinion/Analysis, Peace and Security, Power and Democracy | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read Moreby Kheetanat Wannaboworn | Apr 22, 2025 | Asia/World, Feature, Mekong Region, Opinion/Analysis, Power and Democracy, Thailand | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read Moreby IT S | Apr 17, 2025 | Asia/World, Feature, Power and Democracy | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read MoreWomen’s groups organize a protest action and put up tents in front of the Department of Agriculture. Photo by Del Bañares.
by Bianca Martinez | Mar 31, 2025 | Feature, Philippines, Women | 0
By Bianca Martinez The eighth day of March has traditionally been celebrated in different...
Read MoreThe quote from MAW Brouwer is on the pedestrian bridge wall on the Asia-Afrika street. The street, previously known as Groote Postweg (in English: the Great Post Road), was named to honor the Asia-Africa Conference. Wikimedia Commons.
by Anisa | Mar 20, 2025 | Asia/World, Feature, Power and Democracy | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read MoreThe heads of state and government, accompanied by heads of delegation of Asian–African countries taking a group photo at the 60th anniversary of the original 1955 Asian–African Conference as the peak event of the 2015 Asian–African Summit at the Merdeka Building in Bandung, West Java, on Friday (24/4). (ANTARA FOTO/AACC2015/M Agung Rajasa/15.)
by Walden Bello | Mar 13, 2025 | Alternative Regionalisms, Asia/World, Feature, Peace and Security, Power and Democracy | 0
This article is part of a series marking the 70th anniversary of the 1955 Bandung Conference. A...
Read Moreby Anisa | Mar 5, 2025 | Feature, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Mekong Region, Thailand | 0
Authors: Jarik Krobtong and Thanita Chanchitpreecha, FOCUS-CUSRI Collaboration Project on History...
Read Moreby Anisa | Feb 13, 2025 | Asia/World, Climate & Environment, Deglobalisation, Feature, Food Sovereignty and Agroecology, Power and Democracy, Trade and Investment | 0
When Focus was founded 30 years ago in 1995, it was up against the confident assertion of global...
Read MoreBREAD SHED. While rice is the traditional staple food of Goa, bread and bread-making were introduced by Portuguese colonialists in the 16th century. Over time, Goa developed a distinctive and rich tradition of baking culture and cuisine. Amost every large village in Goa has its own local bakery making various types of breads, cakes and pastries. Mapusa market has an entire section devoted to breads, supplied from various villages around North Goa. The bread types have interesting local names. For example, a hard-crust doughnut-shaped bread is called 'Kangon' - the Konkani-language word for 'bangle'. Typically, the freshly baked breads go out to individual homes via 'Poders' — delivery men who ride bicycles fitted with big bread baskets, and distinctive sounding air-horns used to announce their arrival in a neighborhood.
A Mural by People Tree Studio The Mapusa Mogi mural project is an ongoing community-centric public...
Read Moreby Anisa | Dec 30, 2024 | Asia/World, Feature, Statement | 0
December 30 2024 Focus on the Global South Two thousand and twenty-four was marked by three...
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