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Nirmal Ghosh’s new book “Backlash” reveals why Trump now faces a “Counter- Backlash”

  THE first question that came to mind while perusing this brilliant, page-turning book by veteran foreign correspondent Nirmal Ghosh was: Whence the name, “Backlash”? I will come to his response in a minute but before that, here’s a point-blank recommendation: Every American individual, corporation and institution in Asia and beyond should read this book. […]

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Life

A book about a soldier’s mysterious disappearance children will love

  The Sad and Sorry Saga of Sir Jeffrey Hillpig-Smythe By Steve Rhodes 28 pages, in Thai and English, colour illustrations Reviewed by Reg Comstock MANY children’s books are a blend of fact and fiction, as is this imaginative tale of a mysterious British soldier in World War II with the improbable name of Sir […]

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