![Vermeer's View of Delft](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/delft-470x140.jpg)
The Masters’ Gallery introduces selected art works of famous artists and a brief explanation on the context of the work.
![Speakers' Corner: The Quietist Manifesto](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/hydepark-470x140.jpg)
When a government curbs the freedom of expression, speech and assembly so that it almost non-existent, this is usually interpreted as a fear of upheaval….
![The Souq](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/souk-470x140.jpg)
On the way to The Wall, the surviving section of the perimeter wall that had once enclosed the Second Temple, the Herodian temple, built on land purchased…
![Second Language](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/secondlanguage-470x140.jpg)
Sapna sips her café au lait on the patio of the Alliance Française de Bangalore. The styrofoam cup squeaks between her fingers, the beverage is…
![Before the War](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/beforethewar-470x140.jpg)
She leaned back against a bit of plywood spraypainted with hieroglyphics that had once signified a neighborhood swept and cleared. Her piousness was a beacon,…
![Property](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/property-470x140.jpg)
“I hate you!’ Maya cried and dashed to the bedroom, kicking the door behind her. The heavy door, solid seasoned-teak, swayed but stopped short of…
![The Ideal City](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/idealcity-470x140.jpg)
… its studied perspective and funneled point of view
having sucked me in
to roam a plaza almost entirely empty
![The Death of a Clerk by Anton Chekhov](http://www.tbr-olderissues.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/readingroom-470x140.jpg)
Every month, The Reading Room showcases a short story, or excerpts of a book, from some of the greatest writers the world has ever seen.