Word: megalopolises
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How did Karachi become a megalopolis of mayhem? In 1947, when Britain spilt the Raj into India and Pakistan, modern Karachi, more than any other city, was a by-product of this upheaval. Before partition, its inhabitants included Hindus, Parsis, Muslim traders, Goans, and Sheedis, descendants of African slaves shipped...
Today, Namsan's 1,000-odd steps are as frequented by Spandex-clad runners as by lapdog-toting ajumas, older Korean women, and retired gentlemen with their newspapers. From the summit of Namsan the megalopolis of Seoul sprawls before you. The historic part of town, with its complex of royal...
Joshi also invents a fictitious computer game called Megalopolis Asia that has in its memory the detailed environment of hundreds of Asian cities along with their histories, and allows players to choose characters and place them in different milieus and time periods. Through this device, Joshi juxtaposes events in India...
When the municipality of Shanghai invited the city's leading society figures to a sneak preview of its new art museum last month, more than a celebration of culture was involved. Scheduled to open in November, the colonial-era building once used as a police storeroom and now renovated with...
For all his slashing and burning, Willes pays homage to the lofty ideals of journalism in a sprawling megalopolis. "This is a very splintered place to live, a remarkably diverse place with nothing in common. We'd like to be that thing in common, building bridges of understanding," he says...