Shifting Centres at the 5th Annual India Art Fair
The Centre is Shifting “What is the difference between a collector and a curator (of art)”? No, not a joke, or even a trick question, but an invitation to seek …
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Your Father’s Daughter: Asia’s Most Powerful Women
A shared past of politics and family tragedy brought together two of the most influential female politicians in Asia at a meeting in Seoul, South Korea. Aung San Suu Kyi, …
Read MoreAGI Review: Anjin: The Shogun and the English Samurai
Originally devised for a Japanese audience, to mark the 400th anniversary of Japan and the UK’s trading relationship (giving or take a few centuries of cloistered isolation on the part …
Read MoreIndian Consumers in Distress
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) blinked in its standoff with the Indian finance minister P Chidambaram. The Indian central bank lowered the rate at which it lends to banks …
Read MoreMcRefugees in Japan
The economic tribulations which have dogged Japan since the burst of the bubble economy have decimated employment opportunities for generations of graduates, especially for the cohorts of generation-X, who entered …
Read MoreAsia on Film in 2013
AGI is looking ahead to what’s coming up in cinemas this year with a list that is sure to satisfy the appetite of the most avid international cinema fan. Culture …
Read MoreA Day in the Life of a Hijabi
Vilified by the media, detested by many feminists, and banned by French authorities; the hijab is surely the most politicized female garb of the twenty-first century. However, with the aim …
Read MoreAsia on Film: 2012 in Review
2012 was a great year for film. So many unique and interesting works were released that it is inevitable that you may have missed at least a few good ones. …
Read MoreChina Employment Market: On-Boarding Process of New Hires
by: Max Price, Partner at Antal International China In this time of war for talent, the challenge is not only in finding professionals, agreeing terms with them and then them …
Read MoreEastern Inspiration for 2013
If this year’s runways seemed to have the running theme of bold colors and prints, its not because of one dominating designer: its because one country has taken over. For …
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