"Cuando tenía seis años, vi una vez una imagen magnífica en un libro sobre la Selva Virgen que se llamaba 'Historias Vividas'. Representaba una serpiente boa que tragaba una fiera. He aquí la copia del dibujo. En el libro decía: "Las serpientes boas tragan a su presa entera, sin masticarla. Luego no pueden moverse más y duermen durante los seis meses de su digestión"
Ni mucho menos pretendo eso, ¡estaría bueno! Read More...
Yuwa (which means “youth” in the Hindi language) is the brainchild of Franz Gastler, from the Midwestern US state of Minnesota, who visited India as a business consultant in 2007. A year later, he joined an NGO and started teaching English to village children.
“I wanted to combat child marriage and illiteracy among girls,” says Gastler, now 38. “They are denied a future, simply because of their gender.”
Jharkhand has the highest rate of child marriage in India: six out of 10 girls become child brides, according to the 2011-12 Jharkhand census. Read More...
Swiss chef and dim sum devotee Nicolas Elalouf, who has lived in Hong Kong for more than a decade, says: “Dim sum is not just a meal – it’s a connection, relationship and communication.”
While dim sum remains constant as a comfort food for people in Hong Kong, it also reflects the city’s dynamic nature and ability to reinvent.
Four Hong Kong-based men are using dim sum as the inspiration for their work – turning ordinary ingredients and objects not only into innovative culinary delights, but also eye-catching, magical creations – further uniting people from different backgrounds and cultures. Read More...
