Word: doneness
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...Nilanjana Roy, host of the literary blog Kitabkhana: "The idea that what Adiga has done is pathbreaking is ridiculous. No doubt, he has written a great book and given us a character, Balram Halwai, that will stay with us. But as anyone in India who reads widely enough knows, he's not 'the first to go where no other Indian author has gone before' as reviews in the west have proclaimed...
...have now for 40 years done things like recycle, make compost from my garden's grass cuttings, house refuse etc. I have replaced all my lightbulbs for energy-saving bulbs. I save water and electricity by only boiling the kettle three times a day, putting the boiled water in a flask for tea and coffee later. I only put the geyser on to have enough hot water for showers and baths. I have planted maybe 300 trees in my lifetime. All this means I am helping to counteract the environmental problem, but it will never be enough because the fundamental...
...While my roommates and I are quick to offer commentary on the conversations we overhear, none of us have bothered to walk down the stairs, climb up the next flight over and strike up some neighborly conversation face-to-face. It just isn’t done. Maybe most people decide that the source of all that ruckus couldn’t possibly be worth knowing, and don’t bother to find out. But I think there’s another explanation...
...effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust." Branchflower went on to say that Palin was within her right as Governor to fire Monegan, but by allowing the personal matter with Wooten to contribute to her decision, she had done wrong...
...Today, we feel that justice has been done for our two colleagues who were brutally murdered whilst carrying out life-saving work," MAG's Chief Executive Lou McGrath said in a statement distributed at the courthouse. "Hopefully now, the loved ones of Chris and Hourth can finally move on with their lives," he said...