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...took years of activism and advocacy - particularly fervent over the last few years - to make Delhi's Queer Pride possible. In 2004, Voices Against 377, an umbrella group of 12 NGOs working on a range of issues from women's rights to HIV/AIDS, was formed to file a case in the Delhi High Court against Section 377. (The case will have its final hearing on July 2 this year.) In 2006, celebrated author Vikram Seth wrote an open letter against Section 377, which was signed by the likes of Nobel-laureate Amartya Sen. "We just felt the time was right...
...what he terms "Islamism" - a radicalized, fundamental branch of the religion he feels has come to dominate the Muslim world. His observations were often made in the broadest of strokes. He wrote, for instance, that "the impulse towards rational inquiry is by now very weak in the rank and file of the Muslim male." In one now notorious newspaper interview, he said he felt an "urge" to favor "discriminatory stuff" against Muslims living in Britain "until it hurts the whole community and they start getting tough with their children...
...peeled off to refuel. Along the way, we passed over dozens of abandoned cars and bicycles left behind by smugglers. Aloft again, Dart picked up word from CBP agents who were using four-wheel ATVs to track a large party of fresh prints. The newcomers were moving single file toward a mesquite thicket. From the air, it's extremely difficult to see a human being hidden under a tree, but having a helicopter overhead freezes walkers in place. The agents hoped Dart's arrival would pin down their quarry. So we circled for a while--until another agent radioed...
That mood may be catching on in the ranks of the security services. "Most of [the commanders'] sentiments are not shared by the rank and file," says one junior army officer. "Our salaries are low, and most of us live in the same areas as the suffering masses. They want us to beat and kill our relatives? That's not possible...
...most obvious improvement (and by the way, Firefox claims more than 15,000 improvements - bet you can't name 100 of them) is the "awesome bar," its update to the location bar. You can start typing a keyword in the location bar and Firefox will scan the history file of places you've visited for matching keywords. I typed "flight" in my location bar, for instance, and Firefox pulled up a variety of airline sites I've visited during the past month...