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...Certainly that's what the city's residents demanded, and what officialdom pledged. More than the ubiquitous candlelight vigils, the anger and frustration that I heard from ordinary people in Mumbai, and later in India's other big cities, seemed new. They resolved to demand more from their politicians - better services and real accountability - and from themselves. Instead of just dusting themselves off and getting back to work, many promised to complain less, volunteer more and take the trouble to vote. Swati Ramanathan, whose Bangalore-based group Janaagraha led an ambitious national voter-registration drive, told me shortly before...
...glutinous rice and coconut milk, giving it a very soft consistency. The island's limited electricity supply - lights go out by 11 p.m. at the latest - puts curbs on nightlife. But you could always take a few bottles of Beer Lao back to your cabin and enjoy them by candlelight while the waves roll...
...other events included an annual candlelight vigil for victims of domestic abuse earlier this month and a Domestic Violence Task Force presentation by the Cambridge Police Department last weekend...
...response to last year’s earthquake in China’s Sichuan province, the Harvard-Radcliffe Chinese Students Association collaborated with other Chinese student groups to host a candlelight vigil and a donation collection event, in which the money raised was matched by Johnson & Johnson. Janet He ’10, former co-president of CSA, also emphasized the effectiveness of raising awareness over raising funds on the undergraduate level...
...conserve energy in the summer months, when temperatures regularly exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, it has instituted load-shedding, or nationwide rolling blackouts. I was told to prepare for the worst load-shedding to date, with blackouts nearly every other hour. I heard about struggling families relying solely on candlelight to run their households. This is no way to live, but in theory, every Pakistani would bear the brunt of the government’s lack of foresight...