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Bihar is one of the sorriest places on earth. The eastern Indian state is the poorest and most illiterate in the subcontinent. Extortion and gang wars are rife, thousands of people die in floods every few years, and NASA recently discovered a cloud of smog over Bihar five times as dense as that over Los Angeles. It's not a place where you'll find many tourists, and certainly not somewhere you'd expect a center of scholarly excellence...
Bihar is one of the sorriest places on earth. The eastern Indian state is the poorest and most illiterate in the subcontinent. Extortion and gang wars are rife, thousands of people die in floods every few years, and NASA recently discovered a cloud of smog over Bihar five times as dense as that over Los Angeles. It's not a place where you'll find many tourists, and certainly not somewhere you'd expect a center of scholarly excellence. So the existence of the Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Public Library (kblibrary.nic.in), a small pink building in downtown Patna, the state capital...
...director Cox to decorate the villa they were shooing in with his own art works, actor Blabey, himself a painter, coaxed McKenzie to the easel, too. Without any drawing skills, the actress began sponging the canvas with paint, from which figures began emerging - "like you see faces in cloud formations," she recalls. Eighteen months and 63 canvases later, McKenzie has painted up her own little universe, from street urchins to femme fatales, in a na?ve manner not unlike the Australian artist Joy Hester. It's a passion that feeds and is in turn fed by her acting. "It's allowed...
...know a jedi from Yoda, but John Cloud's Viewpoint "How Star Wars Saved My Life" filled me with joy as I read how the movies enabled him to discover and lose himself in those characters and their experiences. Cloud's descriptions of his feelings and the impact those movies had on his life show why brilliant writing and the imagination of people in the arts are so important in our lives. Michele Adashek Bel Air, California...
...Cloud's Viewpoint was delightful. It transported me to a quieter, more peaceful time. Thanks for the emotional and mental vacation. The piece was a refreshing respite from articles about politics and elected officials and the negativity that seemingly surrounds us today. Gerald J. Luongo Pompano Beach, Florida...