The Global Jigsaw

Why I Would Rather Be Born Chinese Than Indian Today

Two decades has ended the equivocation I once felt

Feb 5 • Pallavi Aiyar

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January 2026

The need for generosity of listening

Affront is taken more often than it is intended

Jan 22 • Pallavi Aiyar

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Running to Japan

The Chinese elites emigrating to Japan

Jan 11 • Pallavi Aiyar

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My souring love affair with my "bad boyfriend" Indian passport

The difficulties of cosmopolitanism

Jan 6 • Pallavi Aiyar

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December 2025

A listicle for the New Year

Be tender to the soles of your feet and other hacks

Dec 30, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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The Polyphony of Hair

Traveling through tresses

Dec 23, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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Escaping the enema

Adventures in Ayurveda

Dec 19, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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Is Socialism with Chinese Characteristics Window Dressing?

Confucius and the Communists

Dec 10, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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Travels in The Other Place - New Book Alert

All unhappy travelers are alike; every happy traveler finds their own path.

Dec 4, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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November 2025

Losing places and parents

An Excerpt from Place: Intimate Encounters with Cities

Nov 27, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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Half a Century of Being in a Thousand Words

Or Turning 50 in micro stories

Nov 21, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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The rule of the QR code:

The organizing principal of life in China

Nov 17, 2025 • Pallavi Aiyar

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