Suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. New Delhi: Dutch far-right leader Geert Wilders on Monday held a telephonic conversation with suspended BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma. Wilders, who leads the nationalist Freedom Party in the Netherlands, posted a message on X: “Had a great talk with @NupurSharmaBJP today, she is a symbol of freedom, not only for … Read more
Further out, recent technology-fuelled growth creates a dynamic contrast as Tainan celebrates its 400th birthday. Fort Zeelandia, in Tainan, was built by the Dutch four centuries ago. Photo: Cameron Dueck In 1624, Dutch traders were chased out of the Pescadores Islands, now called Penghu, an archipelago in what is now the Taiwan Strait. They retreated … Read more
When California Gov. Gavin Newsom named his son Dutch in 2016, it wasn’t because he had some unknown affinity for the Netherlands. Dutch Newsom, the governor’s youngest, was named for Dutch Flat, for Dutch Flat, California, a tiny Sierra Nevada town off Interstate 80 about an hour from Lake Tahoe. After his parents divorced and his father … Read more
The Dutch door to the Little Swiss Cafe, in Carmel-by-the-Sea, is a portal to another place and time. The front dining room’s timber framing and blue-shuttered windows evoke a European cottage. Inside, classical music is periodically interrupted by the chirps of a cuckoo clock. And a small chalkboard lists specials that might as well be written … Read more
