Articles for tag: Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Economic Survival, Gem Mining

Cambodia and the Cambodian People

Cambodia is a beautiful country, known for its architecture and landscape. After almost 30 years of war and destruction, the Cambodian people are rebuilding their lives, land, and culture. They are survivors in every sense of the word. They are very proud of their descent, families and country. Cambodia covers 181,035 square kilometers in the ...

Dreaming of a Bell & Ross Watch

The Bell & Ross BR01 Aviation instrument panel watch is my dream watch. Ever since I read about Bell & Ross over a year ago in Watch Time magazine, I’ve been bitten by the bug. There’s only one problem, I don’t have the money for a premium watch. I may never have the money to ...

Karla News

Identity and Historical Subtext in Toni Morrison’s Sula

Toni Morrison’s novel Sula, like its title character, defies simplistic interpretation. Both a tale about the intense friendship of its two protagonists, Nel Wright and Sula Peace, and a small, rural black community in Ohio in the throes of economic survival, the novel poses complex and contradictory ideas about identity and self-awareness in the face ...

Nepal’s Tibet Dilemma

Nepal’s Prime Minister Prachanda, during his visit to Beijing to attend the closing ceremony of the Olympics and meet with the country’s leaders, said that Nepal wants to maintain a balanced relationship with both of its neighbors – India and China. This comes after speculations that Kathmandu is moving diplomatically closer to its communist neighbor, ...

Karla News

An Essay on Amy Tan’s Novel Saving Fish from Drowning

“These people now so desperate for any kind of hope, saw what they wished to see the signs, the promise. Don’t we all see them? We wait for signs that we will be saved, or protected from future harm. Or endowed with unusual good luck. And often, we find them.” (pg. 266) Life is full ...