India’s Outlook news magazine has released an Independence Day special issue on the legacy of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar (1891-1956), who was recently voted by a wide margin to be the greatest Indian after Gandhi — significantly (and to many, surprisingly)…
We’re always thrilled to pass along news about our contributors, but today’s post is special because it also concerns a specific contribution. British artist Kirsty O’Leary-Leeson, whose beautiful and enigmatic artwork ran in the most recent issue of SCOPE alongside “Pwomes”,…
Although we last touched base with the 2011 Egyptian revolution only three months ago (see “A revolutionary/counter-revolutionary phrase book“, January 24), French broadcast services RFI and France 24 recently unveiled a remarkable web documentary on the music and musicians of…
SCOPE’s first issue of 2012 is now off our high-fidelity virtual presses. In it, you’ll find stimulating essays on the status of fun in our over-marketed society, on living in the shadow of the Haitian earthquake, on the grey zones…
A graphic designer by trade, Delhi-based Sanjay Nanda is also a photographer of uncommon artistic vision. Fascinated by the interplay of colour, texture, and light, much of Nanda’s work focuses on the composition of abstract images found hiding in the…
The longstanding myth of rational financial markets continues to be eroded by research into the behaviour of actual investors. In a recent study conducted by academics at IESE, the London School of Economics, and the University of Essex, it is…
