while the buildings and roads of the capital city suggest a rational, orderly society, the reality is the opposite - Teju Cole

thousands of cars over the course of a day would pay toll at the informal rate, lining the pockets of the collectors and their superiors

Help us fight corruption. If any employee of the consulate asks for a bribe or tip, please, have a discreet word with the Consul General

WE EXPERIENCE LIFE AS A CONTINUITY, AND ONLY AFTER IT FALLS away, after it becomes the past, do we see its discontinuities. The past, if there is such a thing, is mostly empty space, great expanses of nothing, in which significant persons and events float.