I chose Congo in order to become close to a place that we had turned away from. It isn't present in our imaginations, in the stories we tell each other. Yet it's relevant to our lives and to our worlds, in a practical way. Congo supplies raw materials for the things that we use on a daily basis. We are intimately linked to Congo, economically. We're linked to it through human events that are occurring there, that affect all of us, and yet you don't find narratives of Congo present in our lives.
My own chief curiosity is to go into the world and explore as richly as I can, and as deeply as I can, and understand its richness as fully as I can,… - Anjan Sundaram
My own chief curiosity is to go into the world and explore as richly as I can, and as deeply as I can, and understand its richness as fully as I can,…
- Anjan Sundaram
I certainly think that many of the themes, and many of the ways that I wrote about Congo, will continue to live on in my work. One of the fundamental… - Anjan Sundaram
I certainly think that many of the themes, and many of the ways that I wrote about Congo, will continue to live on in my work. One of the fundamental…
The first victim in journalism today is proximity. I know I've used that word a lot. Because of foreign budgets, newspapers have consolidated, and jo… - Anjan Sundaram
The first victim in journalism today is proximity. I know I've used that word a lot. Because of foreign budgets, newspapers have consolidated, and jo…
I chose Congo in order to become close to a place that we had turned away from. It isn't present in our imaginations, in the stories we tell each oth… - Anjan Sundaram
I chose Congo in order to become close to a place that we had turned away from. It isn't present in our imaginations, in the stories we tell each oth…
The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you to be an insider in … - Anjan Sundaram
The endeavor of being a foreign correspondent means that you will never be their equal. And that has its pros and cons. Were you to be an insider in …
Living somewhere permanently, you have a stake in society. I had no stake. It did not matter to my life which way the war turned, and I think that ga… - Anjan Sundaram
Living somewhere permanently, you have a stake in society. I had no stake. It did not matter to my life which way the war turned, and I think that ga…
We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there. The… - Anjan Sundaram
We are not held accountable for how the economy ravages Congo. Governments aren't held accountable for foreign policies that they exercise there. The…
When people know what you want, they can then manipulate that to achieve the end that they seek. It's far more interesting and valuable to bear witne… - Anjan Sundaram
When people know what you want, they can then manipulate that to achieve the end that they seek. It's far more interesting and valuable to bear witne…
What I really intend to achieve is to be that fly on the wall, and to try and observe as much as I can without affecting what I've seen. I want to ge… - Anjan Sundaram
What I really intend to achieve is to be that fly on the wall, and to try and observe as much as I can without affecting what I've seen. I want to ge…
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