Word: chandra
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...Sacred Games" by Vikram Chandra (HarperCollins; January...
...well-attended BookExpo buzz panel, Vikram Chandra's massive debut novel (1,000-plus pages) was championed by HarperCollins' publisher, who promised that the book will "do for Indian literature what 'One Hundred Years of Solitude' did for South American literature." Amazon.co.uk gives a preview of the tome: "This epic novel draws the reader deep into the life of detective Sartaj Singh and into the criminal underworld of Ganesh Gaitonde, the most wanted gangster in India...
Things have not gone as Steinard expected. When surgeon Pradeep Chandra scanned Steinard's angiogram last week, he found the artery 90% blocked. "A stent is out of the question," he told Keigans. "Your father is going to need a double bypass, and he needs it immediately." The blood drained from Keigans' face. While she loved their plush hospital suite and the staff had been superb, this was all happening too far from home. Steinard, though, was blunt about his choices. It's either this, he said, or a fatal heart attack back home. The surgery last week was successful...
...Chicago family of six kids, four of whom are girls, Rhimes says the banter of women is the most familiar sound in her world. In fact, her mother, who returned to school and earned a doctorate in education after raising her children, was the main inspiration for Dr. Bailey (Chandra Wilson), the take-no-guff senior resident and one of the series' strongest characters. Having graduated from Dartmouth in 1991, Rhimes tried writing advertising copy, novels and then movies. Her films--Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement, Crossroads and HBO's Introducing Dorothy Dandridge--all deal with women who make plucky...
...there will be a panel discussion entitled “Redemption Songs: The Relationship between Black Art and Activism in the 21st century,” sponsored by BAF, the Black Students Association, and the Institute of Politics. The panel will include talks by guest speakers Uzodinma Iweala and Chandra Ortiz, and will be moderated by Lecturer on History and Literature and Quincy House Resident Tutor Timothy P. McCarthy ’93. On the same day, the film, “Keep on Walking: Joshua Nelson, The Jewish Gospel Singer,” will be shown at the Carpenter...