Month February 2021

The Battle to Bottle Palm Wine

It’s a common sight in tropical places from Nigeria to India to the Philippines. In the mornings, before the harsh sun has burned the mist away, tappers climb the palm trees. Aided with nothing more than wiry muscles and woven…

SUNDANCE 2021: ONE FOR THE ROAD

Nattawut “Baz” Poonpiriya‘s sophomore feature Bad Genius — a high school heist thriller, which was also the highest-grossing Thai film of 2017 — was deemed as one of the best films ever made in its original country. Now, 4 years…

Bateshwar Temple Complex in Morena, India

The Bateshwar collection of Hindu temples is believed to have been constructed between the 8th and 10th-centuries by the Gurjara-Pratihara dynasty. Little is known about their construction, as once this empire fell, the temples too disappeared from the history books…