Stories about Georgia from March, 2007
Georgia: The Taboo Web
Levan finds some Georgian websites that deal with subjects that are taboo in Georgia.
Georgia: Worker's Paradise
Cuttino Alexander pays a visit to Chiatura a town that flourished under the Soviet Union and has since experienced economic and population collapse.
Russia, Georgia: On Beggars
Darkness at Noon (Moscow-based) and Music and Life – Everywhere! (currently, in Tbilisi) reflect on street beggars and ways of dealing with them.
Georgia: Maharaja
Karen Shimizu reviews Maharaja, Tbilisi's only Indian restaurant.
Georgia: Kutaisi Market
Onnik Krikorian takes readers on a photo tour of a market in Kutaisi, Georgia.
Georgia: Seven Year Itch
Social Science in the Caucasus examines divorce rates in Georgia, noting that at least there, the popular belief that marriages break up after seven years is simply not true.
Georgia: Gelati and Motsameta
Onnik Krikorian posts photos of Gelati and Motsameta, two religious sites in Georgia's Imereti region. The former is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Georgia: Internally Displaced Persons
Onnik Krikorian reports on and posts pictures of ethnic Georgians who were displaced by fighting in Abkhazia
Georgia: Impressions
Onnik Krikorian writes some of his impressions of Georgia, saying that it is doing far better than Armenia on many counts.
Georgia: The Best of YouTube
Joshua Kucera offers up the best YouTube videos from Georgia.
Caucasus: Big Mac Index
Social Science in the Caucasus posts a partial “Big Mac Index” for the Caucasus with an explanation of what the numbers mean.
