Determination and Teamwork by Shahnaz ParvinThe Weight We Share
In the quiet corners of a garden, one learns that nothing truly grows in isolation. We are taught, perhaps too early, that self-reliance is the highest virtue, a solitary pillar upon which a life should be built. Yet, if you watch the way a…
The Map of Salt and Soil
The smell of dry earth after a long drought is the smell of a secret kept too long. It is sharp, metallic, and clings to the back of the throat like dust on a summer road. I remember pressing my palms into the cracked mud of a riverbank, feeling…
Cheeky Countryside Kids by Thomas Jeppesen
The picture was take on my way to a pagoda with a friend, an hours drive outside Hanoi. It was an incredible wet and dreary day, and where there normally would be people and animals everywhere, were completely deserted roads. These kids weren't…