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...movie finally comes to life when one of the main characters is suddenly killed. That cues the old-Bollywood sentiment and family imperatives; and the complex plot picks up narrative steam. Again, you've seen it all before - last summer, when the hero was a panda. Chandni Chowk thus has the feel of one of many Indian glosses on American films, not of something fresh and foreign. For a really thrilling amalgam of Bollywood and Hong Kong, I'm still waiting...
...death is a personal loss to TIME. Wickrematunge had been a freelance reporter for us since 2002, and I am the third South Asia bureau chief to benefit from his patient and perceptive explanations of Sri Lanka's complex history and politics. For 25 years, its government has been fighting a brutal armed separatist movement, the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), in a conflict that has claimed more than 65,000 lives. The Tigers, who pioneered the use of suicide bombers, are agitating for a separate homeland for Sri Lanka's ethnic Tamils--a response to decades of suppression...
...refreshing to read that Obama's goals for the halfway mark in his Administration weren't aiming too high. Too often, politicians say they will do this or that, leaving themselves no room to work. By saying that he intends to begin rather than complete processes that are incredibly complex, Obama shows a remarkable grasp of the reality in which the world works. Reforms in education and energy won't happen overnight, and it's great to see a President who understands that getting things in motion is the first step. Shawna Browning, Angel Fire...
...pulled through the streets in a 45-foot-high chariot each July by thousands of devotees. The festival is also the original source of the word “juggeraut.”Unfortunately my visit to Puri fell far wide of this celebration, and since the temple complex at Puri is closed to non-Hindus, I could only gaze within its walls from the roof of a local “private library.” And so I entered one of the more common and less insidious types of little scams to be pulled on tourists in India.For...
...today, Jobs sent an email to Apple employees asserting that "during the past week I have learned that my health-related issues are more complex than I originally thought." Jobs asked COO Tim Cook to take over Apple's day-to-day operations while he recuperated, but added that he planned to "remain involved in major strategic decisions...