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...running board of her idling SUV. "I am your sister and the people of Lyari are my own," she told the crowd. "The way you stood behind me, I would stand beside you forever." The crowd erupted in cheers, and an overenthusiastic supporter fired a traditional shot in the air to celebrate. Immediately the object of the crowd's adoration was bundled back into the car, and the motorcade zoomed away...
...latter asked him how to get started as a novelist. As contradictory as that might seem - novelists make things up for a living, after all - anyone who has written fiction, or even tried to tell a convincing lie, knows exactly what Naipaul meant. The best tales have the air, feel and smell of authenticity about them, and the paradoxical aspect of good fiction is this honesty...
...Cancer spreads throughout the world because we release chemicals into the water, air and soil. The chemicals we spray on our crops contaminate our groundwater, while acid rain pollutes our freshwater supplies. Worse, First World countries use dyes, preservatives and other chemical additives in every facet of food production. We cause our own deaths with the poisons we inject into our food. Frosty Wooldridge, Louisville, Colo...
...much. The Airbus is not flying over water today. It isn't going anywhere. Jammed into a suburban backyard near Indira Gandhi International Airport, its nose and tail hanging over the property's walls and one wing almost nudging the front gate, the plane offers the adventure of air travel without the cost - or even the travel. Its passengers, most of whom have never been on a plane before, pay up to $4 each to join the jet set for a couple hours. India's skies may be busier than ever these days - new airlines, including a raft of budget...
...plane has been cut down to about two-thirds of its normal length and is held in place by thick concrete pillars. A toilet block nestles underneath the tail. Inside, Gupta replaced the bulkhead between the coach and business cabins with a wooden wall so he could mount an air-conditioner to cool the cabin in New Delhi's oppressive summer heat...