In December 2025 we are running our Bengal Rising journey - exploring the birth of #Bangladesh in 1971. With @TheBrownBeagle, we will look at the partition of India, the Cold War rivalry between Washington & Delhi, and where Bangladesh is today. https://t.co/koREovNJYG

#Yangon wakes to chaos, but Athong Makury’s heart is in the #Naga hills - a land forgotten, unheard. He’s writing the first Makury dictionary to save a language before it fades. “Language is the heart of culture.” Full story below: https://t.co/gSPV0Dw93I

#Myanmar used to quietly sell its coffee cherries across borders for cheap. In 2016, its first specialty #coffee was unveiled in #Washington DC. From remote Shan State farms to global cafés, this is how Myanmar stepped onto the world coffee stage. https://t.co/TtYFGCSSPs

In a world ruled by QR codes and credit scores, this humble stall in #Serampore still runs on something older - honour. Five rupees, one cup of tea, and a century of quiet faith in people. Read the story by @ttindia here: https://t.co/uuygMqXP8R

900 pages. Dozens of lives. One unforgettable #Calcutta. Ruchir Joshi’s Great Eastern Hotel turns the city into a living, breathing character - chaotic, lyrical, and alive with history. Read the full review by @SanSip on @scroll_in below: https://t.co/lhXEkdTQu8

Behind the trees of downtown #Yangon lies the #Secretariat - once the beating heart of colonial #Burma. Built on swampy ground, it's seen empire, independence, and tragedy - standing as a silent witness to every turn of #Myanmar’s modern history. https://t.co/nOCmfn8kNI

#Yangon’s Royal Lake wasn’t born of nature - but empire. Once jungle and tigers, #Kandawgyi was built by the British, shaped by war, and still holds the city’s oldest secrets beneath its calm surface. https://t.co/wdT8eSOUAu

.@thantmyintu joins @rorrydaniels on #AsiaInsideOut to discuss his book "Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations, and the Untold Story of the 1960s." They explore his grandfather U Thant’s legacy as the first non-Western UN Secretary-General and reflect on how today’s leaders can

From a hillside in #Hakha, Dawt Kheng’s loom connects worlds. Her craft sustains her family, yet her dream piece remains unwoven. Each thread carries faith, resilience, and a longing for home. Read the full story here: https://t.co/5EMFFB9qxW

They grew up watching their grandmother weave magic. Now they’re showcasing it in #Paris. Meet the brothers behind Jarsang, the sustainable brand giving #Assam’s ancient craft a global voice. Read the full story by @HomegrownIn here: https://t.co/Pf5Cjw43U9

He once painted the soul of #Myanmar - its faith, myths, and history - on stamps, notes, and magazine covers. Now 86, Aye Myint looks back with love and wisdom. Read his story by @kitetalesMM : https://t.co/amdaAUHgYb

Behind the #Shwedagon’s golden glow lies a history of war, myth, and servitude, where spirits guard the gates, and vendors once lived under a royal curse. Read the full article by @YGNtimemachine here: https://t.co/XGEX5CVxd0

From disguises to smuggled seeds, Robert Fortune’s mission to steal #tea from #China reshaped global trade and fueled #Britain’s empire. Read more here: https://t.co/U9xuDxZdOb

Hidden on the edge of #India and #Bangladesh lies a world unlike any other. Spanning over a thousand square kilometers, this vast mangrove kingdom isn’t just home to exotic birds and rare reptiles, but also to the only tigers on Earth that swim. https://t.co/0Wu8lmZoo5

Read our full article on #Nixon & Mrs Gandhi here: #LookCloser https://t.co/d2M7Qhwp3b

Join us on Saturday 20 September in Yangon for a talk by @TheBrownBeagle, author of “December in Dacca”, unpacking #India’s involvement in the birth of #Bangladesh, and how it should be remembered today. #SampanSpeakerSeries #LookCloser https://t.co/4Ti4Bs3RQo

Despite US knowledge of the atrocities – one diplomat described the killings as a “massacre” – #Nixon (& #Kissinger) remained more concerned with #ColdWar realpolitik than human rights. https://t.co/9fbTxnckEN

Indira Gandhi’s reaction to the refugee crisis was dramatic: in Kolkata she declared, “India cannot let Pakistan continue this holocaust.” A moment of moral and political reckoning during one of South Asia’s defining crises. #BangladeshLiberationWar https://t.co/HJcGy7mh16

In 1971, the Bangladesh Liberation War pitched President Nixon & Henry Kissinger against Indira Gandhi’s India. As historian Srinath Raghavan writes, Nixon came to office “with a trolley of biases against India and in favour of Pakistan.” https://t.co/d2M7Qhwp3b

Our new episode with Hannah Watson is LIVE! Her novel, The Jungle War, follows 17-year-old Jim Chance on his journey from schoolboy to soldier. After his house is bombed in the Blitz, he ends up in India, trains with the Gurkhas, and faces his first enemy contact in Burma.

“If you’re not very keen… you won’t be able to bear the pain.” Meet Sai Han Line - one of Shan State’s last traditional tattooists, rumored to be the reincarnation of a long-dead master. Read his full story by @kitetalesMM here: https://t.co/G26VzZamsU