In 1947, U.S. President Harry Truman and his secretary of state, General George C. Marshall, launched the idea of a programme to rebuild war-torn Europe. The Old Continent’s proud states […]
Monthly Archives: March 1997
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Before the Cultural Revolution, which started in the mid-1960’s, Nien Chen (1915-2009) held a high position at Shell in Shanghai, was privileged and had servants. But almost overnight, she was […]
Dheera Sujan examines the growing popularity of Australian films: Priscilla, Strictly Ballroom, Shine, etc., and Australian directors like Fred Shepski, Baz Lurhmann, Bruce Beresford, etc. How healthy is the industry […]
It’s a truism to say that language is fundamental to culture. In Hong Kong, political change is laying a path for cultural change, and language is an important aspect of […]
Now, you may well expect to hear about large close-knit extended families who all live in each other’s pockets under the same roof with many, many children. But the reality […]
Marking International Women’s Day 1997, Siren Song presenter Dheera Sujan speaks with two leading writers: Marilyn French (1929-2009), whose many thought-provoking books include “The Women’s Room” — a milestone of […]
While in Australia, Dheera Sujan met a popular Aboriginal girl group who seemed to illustrate the success of Australia’s multi-culturalism. Not true, the girls say. Racism is ever present, a […]