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Jul

A Roundabout for Bangladesh

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My final evening in Bangladesh started going downhill immediately after I’d done one of my favorite parting activities—overtipping the housekeepers. I had 3,000 Taka (roughly $40) or more, far more than was likely to need before the plane took off. So I gave them a tip that meant very little to me and a lot […]

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Tags: Bangladesh, Endangered Alphabets, global warming, humor, rain, travel, writing

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11

Jul

Beyond Blade Runner: Bangladesh Part V

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The other evening, as I was heading out through the upper-middle-class residential district of Gulshan to dinner with friends, I quipped, “Every road in Gulshan comes with its own pile of sand.” Actually, sand is just the start of it. Road 12, the road I’m staying on, in what would in most capital cities be […]

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Tags: apocalypse, Bangladesh, blade runner, climate change, Dhaka, end of the world, global warming, rain, travel

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