This post, the first in a new segment on exploring the past of Kazakhstan, is a piece of writing on football by the late historian, political scientist and public intellectual Nurbulat Masanov. He was …

(This is a continuation of my previous post on my trip to Astana, capital city of Kazakhstan.)
We took a cab from the sparkling new city across the river to the Right Bank, where most of the …

Originally posted on A Momentary Relapse of Reason
Kazakhstan, for those not in the know, is the 9th largest country in the world. Andorra ranks 196th, squeezed between Saint Lucia and some semi-country known as The Northern Mariana …