Postcard from Bishkek

Today, I am not sure what to write … the events of the last few days, which you will have seen in your news programmes and newspapers, seems to have thrown the whole picture into turmoil once more. Up until Thursday night everything seemed to be settling down into a typical long hot summer.  Working [...]

One of my acquaintances has his birthday on June 12th … and he says that the city always gives him a birthday present. “Is he somebody important, that the city gives him a present on his birthday?” – no, he’s just an ordinary citizen, with a wife, three children, a car which he can call [...]