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...India is a nation of diaspora, and Indians are masters at adapting to new environments while remaining passionately attached to their own culture, no matter where they are. In an age of globalization, it seems perfectly natural that their books continue to be written from all corners of the earth...
...Reading Earth's Danger Signs I appreciated Nancy Gibbs' column about several recent warnings delivered on the state of the environment [Sept. 24]. Yet even with an awareness of the crisis, I am at a loss to know what the solutions might be. Gibbs noted that even drastic reductions in greenhouse gases would not be enough to prevent the melting of the Arctic ice cap. We need to know the maximum amount of harmful waste that can be tolerated globally and devise a concrete plan to stay within that limit. This may necessitate enormous changes within our society. Claudia Schaer...
UNFORTUNATE DESIGN Users of the satellite-image program Google Earth have discovered that, from above, a California Navy barracks resembles a swastika...
...down 20% from early 2006 in the U.S. alone), the concert business is booming. In July, Prince, long underestimated for his business acumen, decided to turn his most valuable asset-a buzzed-about record-into a loss leader, flooding the U.K. with 3 million free copies of his Planet Earth CD through the Mail on Sunday newspaper. He was ridiculed for going down market, until he announced 21 London concert dates-and sold out every one at prices five times the suggested retail price of a CD. Not surprisingly, Radiohead has an extensive tour planned...
...Reading Earth's Danger Signs I appreciated Nancy Gibbs' column about several recent warnings delivered on the state of the environment [Sept.24]. Yet even with an awareness of the crisis, I am at a loss to know what the solutions might be. Gibbs noted that even drastic reductions in greenhouse gases would not be enough to prevent the melting of the Arctic ice cap. We need to know the maximum amount of harmful waste that can be tolerated globally and devise a concrete plan to stay within that limit. This may necessitate enormous changes within our society. Claudia Schaer, CALGARY...