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...Jatin Das, the creator of these paintings, which were featured in a slide show at the graduate student center, said the bare figures signified the common nature of all people...
...Das' presentation drew especially strong reactions from natives of India in the audience...
...Das presented not only traditional and contemporary Indian paintings but also murals, architecture and less conventional art forms, such as fans and children's toys...
Bundled in a stark white hospital blanket, Rafael looks like any other month- old baby. But when his mother, Luciene das Dores, unwraps the snug cover, the sight is shocking: Rafael has no arms or legs. "I got very upset and started to cry when I first saw him," says Das Dores, 23, a part-time cleaning woman who lives in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. "When I saw him with only a head and a torso, I was devastated. I wanted to kill myself." She could not help feeling guilty: unaware that she might hurt her baby, she had taken...
...story is a flashback to an old nightmare. Yes, Das Dores took the same medication that made headlines 33 years ago when it produced 12,000 severely deformed children around the world. But while the word thalidomide became synonymous with tragedy and its use as a sleeping pill was banned, the drug did not disappear. In fact, it has made a quiet comeback. For all its dangers, thalidomide has benefits that have made it an increasingly valuable medicine when used carefully. Misuse, however, has caused a grim side effect: the reappearance of "thalidomide babies...