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The debate over Battir's "inscription" on the World Heritage List was maybe a 6 or 7. For pictures, go to greatmirror.com and from there to Israel, then Israel and the West Bank 2019. Photos from the 1990s can be found on the Great Mirror, then West Bank and, from there, both Bethlehem and Battir.

Published 03/30/22

11. Old Hebron

The debate over Old Hebron, a wonderful place, registered a 10 and provides the perfect opportunity to review the sorry history of the World Heritage Program--sorry because the United States, a leader in global conservation, conceived the program, pushed for its creation, then failed to support it. For photos from the 1990s,, see greatmirror.com then West Bank, then Hebron. For later pictures, search the Israel folder dated 2019.

Published 03/29/22

12. The Ajanta Caves

Published 03/28/22

13. Mumbai and Kolkata

En route from Ajanta to Bishnupur, I poke around two megacities preoccupied with the Prozone Life, where we have all the stuff that advertising tells us will make us happy. For pictures, go to greatmirror.com and from there to India Peninsular and several files on Mumbai; also to Northern India and several files on Kolkata.

Published 03/27/22

14. Bishnupur

I head west from Kolkata across India's modernizing countryside and land in Bishnupur, famous for temples that seem to anticipate the Prozone Life. Vishnu sets me straight. For pictures, go to greatmirror.com and from there to India Northern and Bishnupur.

Published 03/26/22

Rabindranath Tagore's Kushtia Home (1996)

Twice in the 1980s I visited Rabindranath Tagore's home in rural Bengal. Here's what I saw. Aside from a spontaneous introduction and a few interpolations, the text comes from Chapter 2 of my Losing Asia (Johns Hopkins, 1996). The final chapter of that book appears in the episode called "Softly, Softly." For photos, go to greatmirror.com and click on Bangladesh, then Tagore Country.

Published 03/23/22

Softly, Softly (1996)

This is the last chapter, Chapter 9, of Losing Asia, published by Johns Hopkins in 1996. It tries to summarize the book's theme, which is the esthetic cost of economic growth. Part of an earlier chapter appears in the episode called "Rabindrathe Tagore's Kushtia Home."

Published 03/22/22

Zimbabwe Revisited

For a transcript, see https://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784For photos, see greatmirror.com

Published 08/25/21

The Places Where We Belong (Australia)

Sydney, Adelaide, north to Broken Hill, Broken Hill, and Uluru. For a transcript, see https://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784\ For photos, see greatmirror.com

Published 04/09/19

Scylla, Meet Charybdis (Zimbabwe 1)

For a transcript, seehttps://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784

Published 04/08/19

People Once Created Natural Places (Zimbabwe)

Harare, Chivhu, Masvingo, and Great Zimbabwe. For a transcript, see https://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784 For photos, see greatmirror.com

Published 04/08/19

We Reach Out from our Engineered World to Touch Things that Remind Us of Where We Belong (Glasgow and Transylvania)

Scotland (Glasgow) and Romania (Sibiu, Vallea Viilor, Alma Vii, and Viscri). For a transcript, see https://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784

Published 04/07/19

The Pitiful Parent of the World Heritage Program (Israel and the West Bank)

Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Battir, and Hebron. For a transcript, see https://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784

Published 04/06/19

Find a Place Where You Belong, and You'll Remember What You Really Want (India)

Ananta, Aurangabad, Khuldabad, Mumbai, Kolkata, and Bishnupur. For a transcript, see https://www.buzzsprout.com/1970784. For pictures, see greatmirror.com. For photos, see greatmirror.com

Published 04/05/19

Episode 1 (Australia, Part 1 of 4)