Asia Sentinel

  • Imported athletes face a sport in chaos, unpaid salaries and shaky visas

  • Pakistan's poorest province is on the edge

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  • Snoops fatten themselves, women are victimized

  • SMEs a surprising drag on the economy

Here's what we learn from the NSA "whistleblower"

  • Two recent government decisions display bureaucratic folly

  • Maintaining amusement, constructing dominant beliefs

  • The Art of Hiding and Being Undetectable

Readers of the Wandering Palate may have noticed that I rarely write negative reviews on restaurants, with a self-compliance adopting the old adage "If you've got nothing nice to say, say nothing at all. " Furthermore, I find it best to refrain from criticizing the work of other journalists or publications out of respect for both their opinion and avoiding conflicts of interest.