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...These are extraordinary goals, and given India's population, ones of extraordinary reach. They would task the best-run nation in the world. But ask some Indian officials how the objectives are supposed to be achieved by a public sector that has not - let us put this charitably - always been known for its Prussian efficiency, and you will be told, in effect, "No problem." Past performance (as the prospectuses of mutual funds say) is no guarantee of future returns. Just because India's progress was for years strangled by red tape and corruption, there is no reason to think...
...Prisoner's new dystopia, which seeks to control minds more than imprison bodies, it doesn't quite fit. One would think the Village's happy-faced thought control would try to create the illusion of individuality--as with the mind-wiped servants in Joss Whedon's Dollhouse, who are given names and false identities. For all the reimagining, The Prisoner seems beholden to a 20th century idea of totalitarianism, à la 1984 or Brazil...
Unlike the original, the remake tells us what that purpose is, but given the big buildup, the answer is surprisingly pat and riddled with circular logic. This Prisoner is visually stunning and risk-taking but not a satisfying rethinking. Maybe what TV really needs is not reimagination but just more imagination...
...ride a bike? "I just want to throw in the towel and give up on her," one mom posts on Truuconfessions.com. "This is NOT what I thought I was signing up for." Honestbaby.com sells baby T-shirts that say "I'll walk when I'm good and ready." Given how many books and websites drove a generation of parents mad with anxiety, a certain balance is restored to the universe when it becomes conventional for people to brag about what bad parents they...
...Because divorce is considering shameful in India, traditional marriage counseling services are rare and secretive. Only a few tour operators openly promote divorce tourism, which is also an oddly surreptitious affair. Typically, a bickering couple is given an exotic paid-for holiday - destinations for the $1,500 to $2,500 packages are the Maldives, Spain and the Czech Republic - by a concerned parent or friend. Before leaving, the couple meets with the tour operator and his staff to settle the itinerary, unaware that one of the staff members is a counselor - who subsequently shadows them on their trip, assisting with...