from “Commodities: An Autobiography”
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In 1901, just after the Americans took over the civil administration of the Philippines, young Filipinos—in quest for a better life—went to work in the pineapple plantations in Hawaii. Thus

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Things I remember most snap like a postcard slideshow: beach peddlers on my back, a stray dog lounging on a deserted beach, nasi goreng and table napkins that summon old grease, brem bali pool to drown dinner, geckoes improvising a shadow theatre

Caferati is an online forum for writers in English. Most of the membership is Indian or has an India connection, because that’s where the group originated. But membership is open to adults anywhere in the world. Some of us are published in the dead-tree sense or earn a living from

Malaysian Human Rights Report 2006: Civil and Political Rights by SUARAM (RM 19.00)

The year 2006, the third year of Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s term in office, was marked by a continuing lack of resolve tp improve civil liberties despite his pledges to fight corruption