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...city overflowing with people. It is a city of poverty. It is a city of cultural richness. It is the City of Joy. It is Calcutta. Director Rolanld Joffe captures the soul of the poor of Calcutta in a visually and photographically rich rendition of Dominique Lapierre's book, City of Joy. Although the focus of the movie is far too narrow, and the plot is sometimes too convoluted, the direction and cinematography are laudable. The actors shine, the music is enticing and the atmosphere is authentic...
...travelled though Mexico, He helped Mother Theresa tend to the sick and poor in Calcutta, India and spent time in Japan studying Buddhism...
Producers have always dreamed of long runs, but the semieternal run is a phenomenon of recent years. The four most enduring Broadway shows -- A Chorus Line (6,137 performances), the revival of Oh! Calcutta! (5,959), Cats (3,709 through last week) and 42nd Street (3,486) -- attained all or most of their runs during the '80s. If Mackintosh's projections prove right (and others in the industry believe they will), Les Miz and Phantom will outstrip Hello, Dolly! and My Fair Lady for the ninth and 10th spots among all-time long- runners...
...remained open to question. "Computerji," as he became known, long ago found that he and his privileged circle of technology lovers were not equal to the task of budging old-line party pros and the bureaucracy-infested Industrial Raj. As columnist Sunanda Datta-Ray remarked in the Statesman of Calcutta last week, "He faltered at least partly because he was a young man in a hurry, because he lacked the conceptual framework and the experience to match his vision." His later years in office were also clouded by charges of hefty bribe taking among aides and by his own imperiousness...
...days after the latest cyclone ravaged Bangladesh, Mother Teresa arrived from Calcutta with 1,600 lbs. of relief supplies. It took a day for officials in Dhaka to decide how to deal with her. Since the Nobel Peace laureate had flown in on a commercial flight, some officials argued that the materials needed to go through customs. About a month earlier, when Iraqi Kurds began fleeing en masse from Saddam Hussein's soldiers, the Iranian army struggled to cope with thousands of dying children. They were treated with antibiotics instead of rehydration salts, a more effective means of staving...