Reviews Yogi’s Circuit Breaker Reviews 14 Jun 202014 Jun 2020 During the Circuit Breaker lockdown period in Singapore that lasted from April 7 to June 1, I spent the time reading several books and watching shows on my to-do list.…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: It Never Rains on National Day 21 May 2020 The National Day Parade is an occasion where the state holds a large birthday bash, smothers citizens in feel-good patriotism and binds them tightly to its definition of national identity.…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Truck de India! A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Hindustan 9 May 2020 An instantly iconic symbol of India is the teeming chaos that permeates every facet of life in this nation of over a billion souls. But few outsiders pause to think…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Circus of Books 9 May 2020 A conservative heterosexual Jewish couple wouldn't be out of place in a synagogue. But it certainly raises more than a few eyebrows when they are the owners of Los Angeles'…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Oral Histories of Older Gay Men in Hong Kong 15 Apr 2020 This is a landmark publication that provides an original contribution to queer research in two ways. Unlike most literature that looks at the experiences and issues facing youths, this book…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: A Curious History of Sex 14 Apr 2020 This book by Kate Lister is stuffed with anecdotes, scandalous excerpts from centuries-old texts, vintage erotica and a comprehensive list of slangs for describing genitalia in both rude and delicate…
Reviews Yogi’s Verdict: Stasi Museum 10 Nov 201910 Nov 2019 Thirty years have passed since the Berlin Wall fell in November 1989. Germany, which had been divided into the communist East and the capitalist West peacefully reunited a year later.…