Word: asianization
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...What is beyond dispute is that the government is in seemingly perpetual conflict with a significant portion of its population. The N.P.A. should be a cold war relic, a forgotten insurgency rotting away in the Southeast Asian jungle. Instead-and despite its bloody purges, its "sparrow unit" death squads and its defunct ideology-it remains an enduring symbol of the failure of successive governments to improve the lives of ordinary Filipinos. Deep in the mountains, Comrade Victor has no doubt that his "protracted people's war" will outlast Arroyo's presidency, although in one sense...
...defense" - issues such as secularism and Islamic violence.Asia is a chance to go on the offensive. "The Pope is fundamentally European," the official notes, "but he knows the big opportunities for the future are in Asia." Benedict is expected to travel to Sydney in 2008, and could add Asian destinations to his itinerary...
...from becoming another BBC documentary on the horrors of forced marriage (the network has interviewed Sanghera on that topic) is the author's own story, recounted deftly and without apology. Like all good heroes, she is deeply flawed and strongly conflicted. "By day I fought for the rights of Asian women," she writes, "and by night I craved acceptance from the very community I rejected...
...when an older sister burns herself to death to escape an abusive marriage, Sanghera begins to realize the toll that custom and oppression are taking on Asian women. While raising children alone and pursuing a college degree on virtually no money, she launches Karma Nirvana (from Sanskrit words connoting action and enlightenment) in a spare room at a Derby women's shelter...
...Today, the group maintains homes for abused Asian women in Derby and nearby cities, and Sanghera lectures widely on the problem. But she has paid a price for her fame. "People here regard me as a woman with no shame, hence the book's title," says Sanghera, in a strong Midlands accent, from her home in Derby. "I get intimidating phone calls, saying my kids will be hurt, my legs chopped off if I don't return their daughter. I've had human feces smeared on my window and signs painted on my car." Her brother was beaten...