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BOOKS
Love on
the Eve of the Iranian Revolution
Iran,
1979. A country on the brink of revolution. In the northeastern
city of Naishapur, a retired judge and his wife, Bibi, tend
to an ancient orchard and serve as the linchpin for an extended
and contentious family whose personal divisions reflect the growing
fault lines in Iranian society of that time.
This is the premise for Rabeah
Ghaffari's remarkable debut novel To Keep the Sun Alive,
a complex, richly woven tale of a family swept up in the currents of
Iran's history. In this excerpt, Ghaffari — who will be appearing in
conversation with visual artist Shirin Neshat at Asia Society
in New York on January 10 — describes Madjid and Nasreen, a
young couple immersed in the richness of a culture about to change
forever.
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CURRENT
AFFAIRS
An
Essential Component to Good Leadership? Happiness
The
Himalayan nation of Bhutan is famous for establishing "Gross
National Happiness" as a benchmark of its success. One of the
architects of this metric — Dr. Saamdu Chetri — delivered a
talk at the recent Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit in Manila
promoting emotional well-being as an essential component of
success.
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POLICY
How
Does Social Media Threaten Asia's Democracies?
Social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter haven't just
upended communication across the world — they've also become an
explosive variable in politics. In a talk presented by the Asia
Society Policy Institute, Raheel Khursheed, India
country director of Snap, discusses social media's impact on
politics across Asia's democracies.
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