by Nithin Coca | Mar 7, 2013 | Features, International
Glimpsing the Dying Heart of Humanity In the middle of the wedding, my friend’s grandma, a short, stocky, but strong aboriginal Taiwanese woman in her 80s, went up on stage. She grabbed the microphone and, after a short introduction in Mandarin, the dominant... 
by Nithin Coca | Mar 2, 2013 | Features, History Writing, International, Writing
As an Indian-American currently living in Indonesia, I was surprised to read Mr. Rooseboom’s recent article comparing the Colonial experiences of Indonesia and India and showing the British in a better light than the Dutch. Unfortunately, in my time here, I’ve often... 
by Nithin Coca | Jan 13, 2013 | International
It often seems that at least 90% of foreign tourists only step into one part of Indonesia – Bali, the formally Hindu majority paradise just to the east of Java. But by the time I finally took the ferry across the narrow waterway between the two islands, I’d... 
by Nithin Coca | Jan 7, 2013 | International, Photos
When dreams come true, they no longer seem like dreams. For me to imagine that, when I first took an airplane abroad alone, to Paris, that I had no friends anywhere in Europe or Asia. Now, years later, many, if not most, of my friends are abroad. Which means I’m... 
by Nithin Coca | Nov 28, 2012 | International, Society
Life is a variety of experiences – depth, quality, lived in the details. In a previous post I talked about how I want to be defined by actions, not interests. Here, I want to talk about how those actions are defined not by what they are, but how they are done.... 
