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Editor’s note: In this deeply personal essay, Sajita Nair recounts her first pilgrimage to Sabarimala after decades of exclusion shaped by gendered religious custom. Beginning in childhood bewilderment at ritual prohibition, it moves through family memory, mythic inheritance and disciplined…
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Editor’s note: It is our pleasure to present this piece by Jennifer Eagleton, one of our most valued voices at Cha. A long-term resident of Hong Kong since 1997, Jennifer has built a distinguished career as editor, writer, and scholar,…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Shining Through: The Loboc Children’s Choir in King Palisoc’s Song of the Fireflies” by Bryan Elijah Trajano King Palisoc (director), Song of the Fireflies, 2025. 110 min. Song of…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Tibet as an Imagined Nation: Myth, Reclamation, and Literary Politics in Koushik Goswami’s Reimagining Tibet” by Jyotirmoy Sil Koushik Goswami, Reimagining Tibet: Politics of Literary Representation, Routledge, 2023. 228 pgs.…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Between Despair and Tteokbokki: Reading Baek Sehee” by Hana Kim Baek Sehee (author), Anton Hur (translator), I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, Bloomsbury, 208 pgs.…
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[ESSAY] “Preserving the Path of Enlightenment at Borobudur and Not Just the Stones” by Daniel Gauss Borobudur is an allegory of self awareness, growth and social engagement, rendered in volcanic stone. It was not built for veneration, but to be…
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Editorial for Cha‘s November 2012 Issue (Issue 19) [ARCHIVE] “A Hundred Years of Karma” by Tammy Lai-Ming Ho Recently I’ve been riding the bus a lot—three hours a day, more or less. I spend one eighth of my time on…
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茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Skipping, Living: Notes on Xi Xi’s Mourning a Breast” by Madeleine Slavick Click HERE to read all entries in Cha on Mourning a Breast. Xi Xi (author), Jennifer Feeley (translator), Mourning a Breast, Giramondo Publishing,…
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TIFF 2025 ▞ 10. The Archivist’s Film: A Conversation on Kunsang Kyirong’s 100 Sunset▞ 9. She Was Screaming into Silence: A Conversation on Cai Shangjun’s The Sun Rises On Us All▞ 8. You Don’t Belong to Anyone: A Conversation on…
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[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Guan Hu’s 𝐵𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝐷𝑜𝑔: Olympic Ambition Meets Provincial Reality” by Oliver Farry
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Guan Hu’s Black Dog: Olympic Ambition Meets Provincial Reality” by Oliver Farry Guan Hu (director), Black Dog 狗阵, 2024. 110 min. Guan Hu’s canine drama delineates a quixotic episode…
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