Title: Richard Johnson (
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Unfelled: A Naxal Encounter - 30/Nov/2012 01:00 - 4164 days ago
A forest in India. (Photo by Richard A. Johnson / 2011)The creative non-fiction short story "Unfelled: A Naxal Encounter" by Ric...
On the Importance of Mother-Tongue Early Childhood Education - 11/Oct/2012 14:58 - 4214 days ago
This video tells the story of the work being done inadivasi(aboriginal) communities in India's Odisha state to develop preschool...
Journey to Manitoulin Island - 11/Sep/2012 16:13 - 4244 days ago
Toronto toManitoulin Islandvia Guelph, Tobermory and Bruce National Park.Photographs with the indomitable Holga + Fuji Neopan 40...
New eBook from the National Magazine Awards - 05/Sep/2012 17:06 - 4250 days ago
This summer I helped develop and edit aneBookanthology for the National Magazine Awards Foundation. The result--Best in Magazine...
Aching for the Portage: A Week in Algonquin Park - 22/Aug/2012 00:55 - 4264 days ago
The first of twenty-four portages feels like the chaos wrought by a summer storm upon a beach; the last, like an imperturbable o...
Dog Days of Spadina - 18/Aug/2012 19:37 - 4268 days ago
Toronto, August 15, 2012. The Spadina Avenue corridor from Bloor to King Streets is a brocade of barriers, hard hats, steel beam...
The Stewart-Colbert Road Map for Middle East Peace - 16/Aug/2012 15:30 - 4270 days ago
This month the Comedy Central duo of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert released an advance draft of their highly anticipatedRoad M...
Summer Travel Reading, from the NMA Archives - 18/Jul/2012 12:19 - 4299 days ago
A friend dropped us a note recently from his travels in Austria:“I never imagined this place would be so stimulating: the moun...
The Fine Art of Magazine Cover Virality - 25/May/2012 12:59 - 4353 days ago
When did we all become so completely obsessed with magazine covers?It seems none of us can get enoughsuggestive poses,egregious ...
Memorable Mag Covers: Maisonneuve's Crème brûlée - 25/Apr/2012 18:41 - 4383 days ago
It's May 1 that the CanadianNational Magazine Awardswill reveal the nominees for the 35th anniversary awards. Counting down the ...
Saturday Evening Post Ads, 1968 - 11/Apr/2012 21:54 - 4397 days ago
Few of us were alive and/or cognizant during the glory era ofThe Saturday Evening Post, the bedrock of the American magazine pub...
Why Greg Mortenson's Shame is on Us - 06/Apr/2012 15:55 - 4402 days ago
Now that self-made humanitarian and "stones-into-schools" false prophet Greg Mortenson has been ordered torepay more than $1-mil...
Jenin's Freedom Theatre marks anniversary of founder's murder - 04/Apr/2012 09:17 - 4404 days ago
Juliano Mer-Khamis(photo courtesy Freedom Theatre)Today marks the one-year anniversary of the murder ofJuliano Mer-Khamis -...
Newsweek's Mad Men issue dons 60s homage ads - 24/Mar/2012 16:46 - 4415 days ago
Ahead of this weekend's long-awaited restart of the hitAMCtelevision seriesMad Men, America's perennially ho-hum, middle-class m...
FINCA: Exploitative Fundraising or Successful Direct Marketing? - 05/Feb/2012 15:10 - 4463 days ago
Last week I received an envelope in the mail from theFoundation for International Community Assistance, orFINCA, which consisted...
'Off the Page' interview series launches on the Magazine Awards blog - 27/Jan/2012 01:34 - 4472 days ago
A special note from the Department of Blogger Self Reference (Non-Egregious Division): TheMagazine Awardsblog (the official blog...
Explorations in the Apocryphal Spelling of Tuque - 19/Jan/2012 12:55 - 4480 days ago
Friends, nothing is dearer to this blog than thesanctityof its allonym. So consider us being true to our own self if we sti...
Adventures in Advenience: The Return of a Photographic Moment - 12/Jan/2012 14:18 - 4487 days ago
Nine years ago this month I dropped anchor in Tunisia for a six-month contract teaching English at a school in the seaside city ...
Life Magazine Ads: Year in Pictures 1988 - 09/Jan/2012 16:21 - 4490 days ago
Chanced upon a copy ofLifemagazine's "Year in Pictures 1988" (published January 1989). Aside from all the coverage of some guy n...
BBC investigates the politics of NGOs in India - 05/Jan/2012 13:44 - 4494 days ago
What do non-governmental organizations (NGOs) really do to improve the lives of people in developing countries and work for sust...
Jenin's Freedom Theatre Embraces 2012 - 03/Jan/2012 05:01 - 4496 days ago
2011 was a year of tough perseverance for theFreedom Theatrein Jenin Refugee Camp, Palestine. The joint Palestinian-Is...
Happy New Year - 02/Jan/2012 03:50 - 4497 days ago
Happy 2012 from the Tuque Souq. We're undergoing a wee redesign in both the visual and conceptual senses. Please bear with us; w...
Vote for 'Adivasi Community Preschool' - 02/Oct/2011 11:38 - 4589 days ago
There are still two more days to vote in this year's Click About It international photography competition, in partnership with O...
101 Icelandic: A Thorough Tongue-Twisting Trek Through a Thwarting Language - 30/Sep/2011 14:24 - 4591 days ago
It is entirely possible that the most garrulous person in all of Iceland is a man who spends most of his day alone on a mountain...
I, uh, Felt a Jokull (and other Icelandic things) - 27/Sep/2011 23:11 - 4594 days ago
It had to be high on the list of places to visit in Iceland: Eyjafjallajökull, the ice cap and eponymous volcano that just a ye...
Discovery with a Paddle: Canoeing the Restoule and French Rivers - 10/Aug/2011 14:44 - 4642 days ago
WhenSamuel Champlainpaddled down the Restoule River with a party ofOttawa nationaboriginals in the early sixteenth century, he b...
Blazing Paddles - 29/Jul/2011 12:20 - 4654 days ago
The Tuque Souq is pointing its compass north by northwest by slightly southeast with a right turn in there somewhere, on a bit o...
Markets of the World: A fresh take on food, photography and book publishing - 07/Jul/2011 12:29 - 4676 days ago
Anyone who finds sterility and repetition lurking in the food-and-foodie assault on popular culture, or perhaps a fetid insoucia...
Bill Moyers reads Magazines Upside-Down - 30/Jun/2011 14:13 - 4683 days ago
"Lying in bed at night, reading. Magazines mostly. It's amazing how many places you can go with a stack of magazines while flat ...
Brain-Eating Zombie Fungus is Selfish SOB - 23/Jun/2011 12:05 - 4690 days ago
"Tropical carpenter ants who are zombified by brain fungus are thereafter compelled, at solar noon, to latch on to the main vein...
Oh Aubergine: Etymology of an Eggplant - 16/Jun/2011 13:33 - 4697 days ago
In India I learned most of the local language at the School of Hard Knocks, otherwise known as the vegetable market. Elbowing my...
Behind the Scenes at the 34th National Magazine Awards - 11/Jun/2011 20:28 - 4702 days ago
Last night Canadian magaziners feted themselves with due and tasteful pomp at the annual National Magazine Awards.For my multi-p...
Magazine Week in Canada - 06/Jun/2011 01:12 - 4707 days ago
What's better than a warm spring afternoon in the park? How about a warm spring afternoon in the park with a large stack of maga...
Farewell India - 24/Mar/2011 06:53 - 4781 days ago
So long, India. It's been real. (Sometimes a little too real, like that time you sent yourmonkey scoutinto our bedroom.)We enjoy...
Shrine of the Holy Mother in Dantolingi - 20/Mar/2011 15:09 - 4785 days ago
In Dantolingi in northern Ganjam district, near the border of Kandhamal, stands a hilltop shrine to the Holy Mother Mary. Legend...
Tibetan Monastery of Chandragiri - 09/Mar/2011 06:42 - 4796 days ago
In 1963, about 600Tibetan refugeesarrived in the southwestern Orissa hill country of Gajapati district, in a fertile valley know...
Monkey High Jump - 08/Mar/2011 05:01 - 4797 days ago
Actually more like a not-so-high jump. Scene from our balcony, Berhampur, Orissa, India....
What PREM Does: Rehabilitation of Post-Violence Kandhamal - 06/Mar/2011 07:35 - 4799 days ago
This is the fifth in aseries of postsabout the development work ofPeople's Rural Education Movement(PREM) in the state of Orissa...
Friday Night = Egg Roll Night - 04/Mar/2011 06:18 - 4801 days ago
Ah, the Calcutta Egg Roll stall in Annapurna Market, Berhampur. They serve up a one-egg omelette, wrapped in achapati, stuffed w...
Chilika Lake - 01/Mar/2011 15:35 - 4804 days ago
Chilikais the largest brackish water lake in Asia, measuring about 1000 square kilometres. TheNGOI’ve been working with,PREM, ...
Buffalo Time - 25/Feb/2011 15:35 - 4808 days ago
In Mandiapalli village, almost any time is buffalo time. You can set your watch—as much as you’d need to around here—to th...
The National Egg Co-ordination Committee - 17/Feb/2011 06:03 - 4816 days ago
It all started about a year ago when my friend and I went up to work on his motorcycle, when I first noticed—off the side of a...
Brown Bread in Berhampur - 14/Feb/2011 13:30 - 4819 days ago
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The Saora Tribe of Gajapati - 10/Feb/2011 10:03 - 4823 days ago
The Saora are one of the oldest and most numerous of the 62 scheduled tribes of Orissa in southeastern India. The so-called Hill...
Himalaya Redux - 29/Jan/2011 03:08 - 4835 days ago
Khangchedzonga (8598m; 28,200ft), south face from Thangsing valley, 12 Oct 2010.To view full photo galleryclick here....
What's in Your Tiffin? [a.k.a. A Week's Worth of Lunch] - 23/Jan/2011 08:44 - 4841 days ago
Lunch time istiffintime--the lovable, stackable, put-it-on-your-headablelunch pail of India. Everyday at work around two it's wa...
Education Programme of PREM at a Glance (VIDEO) - 14/Jan/2011 15:54 - 4850 days ago
Part 1 (above) and Part 2 (below)Behind the Scenes:This two-part film highlights three of the education programmes--Primary&...
A Tuque in India - 03/Dec/2010 03:43 - 4892 days ago
Ah, December. A line of no retreat for Winter. A season of snow and slipperiness. A time forTuques. In Canada, anyway. Your...
So You've Decided to Start a Newsletter, eh? - 22/Nov/2010 05:49 - 4903 days ago
TheNGOI volunteer with—PREM—decided it wanted to start a newsletter because, well,NGOs have newsletters, but this one did no...
What PREM Does: Fighting Corruption - 16/Nov/2010 05:02 - 4909 days ago
This is the fourth in aseries of postsabout the development work ofPeople's Rural Education Movement(PREM) Orissa, India.Op...
Quote-Unquote: The Primal Land [Adibhumi] by Pratibha Ray - 11/Nov/2010 05:13 - 4914 days ago
"Life in the city had taught Somra Sisa a great deal. He had seen leaders arriving to address crowds, their motorcars raising cl...
The Virgin Mary's Getaway Motorcycle - 02/Nov/2010 05:51 - 4923 days ago
Now that I have your attention, here are some other sites of Gangtok, hillside capital of the Indian state of Sikkim, our next s...
Fat Monkey Screams in Darjeeling - 30/Oct/2010 06:22 - 4926 days ago
Whoa!?Yikes!Oh, I get it....
Breakfast in Ghorkaland - 28/Oct/2010 03:47 - 4928 days ago
Greetings from Ghorkaland. Land of the Ghorkas, mountain men and women of the Himalaya, so famed for their ferocity as soldiers ...
The Inconvenience Caused is Deeply Regretted - 25/Oct/2010 13:03 - 4931 days ago
Six words. The voice is female, vaguely sympathetic and comforting, a bit like Mary Poppins with an Indian accent; yet also robo...
Quote-Unquote: Walt Whitman - 28/Sep/2010 06:08 - 4958 days ago
Afoot and lighthearted,I take to the open road,Healthy, free, the world before me,The long brown path before me leading wherever...
You say Potato, I say... Banana Pancake - 21/Sep/2010 03:26 - 4965 days ago
There's more than one way to slice fruit. You could, for example, not slice it at all. Just peel it and wrap a spongey pancake a...
What PREM Does: Long, Long Distance Education - 17/Sep/2010 06:38 - 4969 days ago
This is the third in aseries of postsabout the development work ofPeople's Rural Education Movement(PREM) in Orissa, India....
Happy Belated Onam - 14/Sep/2010 06:06 - 4972 days ago
Onam is the one of the biggest holidays of the year in the Indian state of Kerala, which is absolutely nowhere near where I live...
Ten Things I'm Enjoying about Life in Orissa, India - 10/Sep/2010 07:22 - 4976 days ago
1. That being chased, charged or nearly head-butted byColossus the Ox, who rules the muddy lanes of our neighbourhood, is consid...
What PREM Does: Networking Grassroots People's Movements - 17/Aug/2010 06:29 - 5000 days ago
This is the second in aseries of postsabout the development work ofPeople's Rural Education Movement(PREM) Orissa, India.PREMis ...
The Road to Kandhamal - 13/Aug/2010 05:48 - 5004 days ago
The road toKandhamalleads north by northwest out of the town ofBerhampur, encountering rain-swelled rice paddies almost as soon ...
What PREM Does: Child Based Community Development - 09/Aug/2010 06:44 - 5008 days ago
This is the first in aseries of postsabout the development work ofPeople's Rural Education Movement(PREM) in Orissa, India.The A...
Quote-Unquote: Ahmed Ali - 13/Jul/2010 10:42 - 5035 days ago
"In spite of griefs and sorrows a man gets used to life, for its flaws must always go on. Soon Mir Nihal resumed his normal life...
Oriya Literature in Translation - 22/Jun/2010 04:23 - 5056 days ago
I was introduced to Oriya literature by chance and by suffering. In aKhan Market bookshopin Delhi, I decided to spend a whopping...
The Indian Waggle - 17/Jun/2010 08:12 - 5061 days ago
It is somewhere between startling and disconcerting. When, at the initial passing of a thought beyond your lips--as soon as your...
India Book Review: Between the Assassinations, by Aravind Adiga - 14/Jun/2010 10:23 - 5064 days ago
Duly celebrated young Indian author Aravind Adiga's debut novel,The White Tiger, won the 2008 Man Booker Prize and shot the youn...
After the Catch - 12/Jun/2010 07:42 - 5066 days ago
The seaside town of Gopalpur is--as regular followers of this blog will guess--becoming a regular weekend getaway for us. Mornin...
Quote-Unquote: Why India is terrible at Football - 09/Jun/2010 04:02 - 5069 days ago
"Why is India such a non-entity in international football? Because, whether or not we acknowledge our inadequacies, the predomin...
The Barefoot Guide to Indian Football, aka Soccer - 07/Jun/2010 04:24 - 5071 days ago
In 1950 the newly independent country of India was invited to take part in theFIFAWorld Cupin Brazil. The organizers of the tour...
The Children of the Hills and the English Conversation Club - 02/Jun/2010 04:01 - 5076 days ago
"We come from the hills, sir." This is how the children explain it to me; how they name their place, as though a simple tilt of ...
India Blog Roundup - 29/May/2010 06:00 - 5080 days ago
Enough about me, for once! There are approximately sixtyVSOvolunteer workers here in various parts of India, and among them are ...
Quote-Unquote: Aravind Adiga - 26/May/2010 10:52 - 5083 days ago
"Even the writer of the truth should not know the truth entirely. Every word, upon being written, is like the full moon, and dai...
India Book Review: Midnight's Children, by Salman Rushdie - 22/May/2010 05:58 - 5087 days ago
If my memory is to be trusted I don't recall ever in my near-thirty-four years of life in the fortunate company of some of the b...
Sandlot Cricket [Part 2] - 18/May/2010 02:30 - 5091 days ago
{Click here for Part 1}The bowler uncorked the ball. In one instant I held dominion over all eyes, even (perhaps I exaggerate) t...
Sandlot Cricket [Part 1] - 11/May/2010 13:29 - 5098 days ago
As a matter of inevitable fact, it was as certain as curry. It was as likely to happen as my stepping in cow dung while crossing...
Tikka Tacos - 09/May/2010 05:55 - 5100 days ago
Sunday morning breakfast treat.Tikka sauce(from the low-fat Indian cookbook):1.5 tbsp each of ground coriander and cumin1 tbsp e...
India Book Review: Inhaling the Mahatma, by Christopher Kremmer - 06/May/2010 11:09 - 5103 days ago
Nearly fifty years after theassassinationof the Mahatma Gandhi, a copper urn containing part of his ashes--which were supposed t...
The Monkey Incident - 02/May/2010 06:51 - 5107 days ago
There we were, man and monkey, separated only by a few strands of DNA and a few feet--or paws--of concrete balcony.So lazily doe...
Dhalafel - 28/Apr/2010 10:26 - 5111 days ago
Theory: Necessity is the mother of invention.Corollary: An empty belly is the mother of all necessity.Ergo: A rumbling tummy is ...
Quote-Unquote: Salman Rushdie - 27/Apr/2010 01:35 - 5112 days ago
"Family history, of course, has its proper dietary laws. One is supposed to swallow and digest only the permitted parts of it, t...
Steamrolled by the Great Freight Train of Irony - 26/Apr/2010 01:18 - 5113 days ago
Last week my very bubbly and energetic colleague KD invited me to accompany him on a field visit to the village of Chandragiri, ...
The People's Rural Education Movement - 23/Apr/2010 09:29 - 5116 days ago
Fight poverty through individual empowerment. Fight it with education. Fight it with rights-based collective action. Fight it wh...
Quote-Unquote: Mahatma Gandhi - 19/Apr/2010 11:26 - 5120 days ago
"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history."--Mohandas ...
Oriya: Language of Imagination - 16/Apr/2010 10:39 - 5123 days ago
Melting light bulbs. Dancing jellyfish. Stormtroopers making silly faces.These are but a few ways of imagining the peculiar and ...
India Book Review: A New History of India, by Stanley Wolpert - 14/Apr/2010 08:05 - 5125 days ago
Reading UCLA historian Stanley Wolpert’sA New History of India (8th ed.)is your (and my) just punishment for not taking an Int...
Quote-Unquote: Paulo Freire - 12/Apr/2010 09:10 - 5127 days ago
"Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of...
First night in the kitchen - 11/Apr/2010 03:41 - 5128 days ago
Tomato Pulagobi (Tomato Cauliflower)Ingredients that we found:400g tomatoes, whole1 cauliflower, chopped200g paneer cheese, cube...
The only 5 Toilet Paper Rolls in Town... - 08/Apr/2010 12:47 - 5131 days ago
... and they're all mine.*There is no TP in this town, but we do have a "western" toilet (which, by wonderful happenstance, face...
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