Tag: asian books
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On Yoko Ogawa’s The Memory Police: How Individual Memories Shape Our Collective Identity
Perhaps, at the end of it all, being human is reason enough to compel oneself to look out for others, memory loss be damned.
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Filipino Rising: How a Common Enemy Can Bring Out the Heroes in Us
Our common enemy today is not a certain group of authorities, but a system. A system of oppression, corruption, and “padrino.”
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Lessons from Rizal’s The Indolence of the Filipino That Still Matter Today
A love for the Filipino name and what it stands for would have been enough to prove the Westerners who called us indolent wrong.