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The Asia Issue Ashley Chen The Asia Issue Ashley Chen

2020 Election Coverage: VP Kamala Harris

Kamala Harris’ name has been at the forefront of all news outlets over the past month as it was announced that she would be Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden’s running mate. There is no denying that this is a historic moment as she is the first African-American and South Asian female to be in this position.

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The Asia Issue Avishi Gupta The Asia Issue Avishi Gupta

The sporadically narrated dark tale of an Industrial city: the Siege of Cawnpore and the succeeding events.

When the humanities department of my high school came up with the proposal of a ‘Historical Walk’, I didn’t know what to expect. I grew up in the industrial city of Kanpur where debris from leather factories collects along the riverbanks faster than dust on windowpanes and popular topics of conversation are mostly politics and pollution.

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The Asia Issue Ghina Nazla The Asia Issue Ghina Nazla

The Deprivation of Rainforests and the Loss of Living Space of Dayaknese People in Borneo Island

Perhaps you have heard of the name somewhere, the third-largest island in the world with one of the oldest and most diverse rainforest ecosystems and wildlifes, a home for the great ape of Orangutan, and maybe a place where man-eating Anacondas snakes live, such as depicted in the Hollywood movie Anacondas: The Hunt for the Blood Orchid?

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