Word: baroda
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...probably has to do with his complicated ideological position, as both the leader and the reformer of the Marxist Soviet state. Eclecticism was the hallmark of his thinking and politics. Today the world needs more leaders who bridge differences rather than those who capitalize on them. Amit Pradhan, Baroda, India...
...Bhagat recently for dinner in Mumbai. He brought with him his assistant, a chatty, young aspiring actress whose main responsibility is answering the thousand or so fan letters he receives every week. They were preparing for his next speaking engagement, an address at a university in Baroda in western India where he expected a crowd of at least 8,000. It is hard to imagine any author - besides, say, J.K. Rowling - as the object of so much adulation. In his rumpled white shirt, and with a slight paunch and wire-rimmed glasses, Bhagat looks much more like an overworked investment...
...Husain's experience hasn't prevented younger Indian artists from venturing into similarly treacherous political terrain. In May, a visual-arts student at Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda - regarded as one of India's top schools for art - was imprisoned for five days after his paintings of religious imagery were deemed hurtful to both Hindus and Christians. If convicted of "promoting enmity between different groups on grounds of religion," the student could face several years in jail...
...three steps to end it: using massive and decisive force against radical organizations and their networks, isolating terrorist groups from civil society, and initiating dialogue with groups to rehabilitate their members socially and economically. Those strategies must be prolonged and consistent to ensure a safer world. Amit Pradhan Baroda, India...
...three steps to end it: using massive and decisive force against radical organizations and their networks, isolating terrorist groups from civil society, and initiating dialogue with groups to rehabilitate their members socially and economically. Those strategies must be prolonged and consistent to ensure a safer world. Amit Pradhan Baroda, India Taste Infraction? Serena Williams' selection of tennis apparel is completely appalling and a disgrace to the sport [Sept. 13]. Most of what she wears looks as though she has rummaged through the clothing rack at a prostitute's yard sale. I didn't even allow my 6-year-old daughter...