by Nithin Coca | Apr 6, 2014 | Features, Travel
Last October, news broke that Couchsurfing CEO Tony Espinosa suddenly stepped down, the latest in a long line of setbacks for the newly private company. In this article, originally published in Bootsnall, I explore how an idea with so much promise lost its foundation... 
by Nithin Coca | Feb 12, 2014 | Features, International, Political Writing, Society
In most countries, a man getting killed by a bus would be a tragedy, but quickly forgotten after a few days. In Singapore, this exact event resulted in a riot in Singapore’s vibrant, crowded Little India neighborhood, where low-wage South Asian migrant workers... 
by Nithin Coca | Jul 24, 2013 | Features, History Writing, Society, Writing
Schools across Indonesia are preparing for a huge shift; beginning this next term, English will no longer be a required subject in Government primary schools. The outrage is, justifiably, large and there are fears that this will hurt the ability of Indonesian students... 
by Nithin Coca | Jun 25, 2013 | Features, Travel
Guest post by Beatrice Cinnirella A new way to learn more about own culture and to discover others! Couchsurfing is not just a travel network but it is much more. When I first joined, I knew very little or nothing about it. I thought Couchsurfing was a typical social... 
by Nithin Coca | May 22, 2013 | Features, Travel
You may not have even noticed it happened, but last week Couchsurfing officially hit six million members. To some, a milestone, to others, another sign of how mass media popularity is ruining a good idea. It should come as no surprise that there is widespread...
