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...stories in class, imagining, he says, that he was a demon "running around with a tree trunk and clobbering humans with it." In university, he frequently shirked his prescribed engineering curriculum for a pile of dog-eared folk tales scrounged from secondhand bookstores. The mythological universe that his favorite hero had led him into was simply too intoxicating to leave...
...work is far from being a collection of Islamic parables. Amir Hamza in fact campaigns in the service of an infidel - Naushervan, the fire-worshipping Persian Emperor. A Merlin-like sage, Buzurjmehr, sends Amir Hamza on quests and expeditions that are sometimes far from chivalrous. And while our hero's love for Naushervan's half-Chinese daughter, Mehr-Nigar, is enduring, the story is punctuated by his frequent dalliances, including a romp with an otherworldly fairy. The mischievous and frequently lewd antics of Amir Hamza's trickster accomplice, Amar Ayyar, would also have mullahs tearing their hair out - as well...
...bridge between [Adventures] and the modern world." Non-Urdu-speaking readers can at last appreciate an epic "on par with anything in the Western canon." And, with luck, the classical pantheon populated by indomitable Achilles, cunning Odysseus and righteous King Arthur will now be joined by a new beloved hero: mercurial, mighty Amir Hamza, astride his winged-demon steed, soaring to the heavens...
...sound absurd, but I am truly sad that I have not yet contributed enough to the well-being of Earth to be listed as one of the Heroes of the Environment. When environmental issues first inspired me in elementary school, I worried that I might have to fight the war against global deterioration alone. I have since realized there is no need to worry; there are many people who take environmental issues seriously and act to make a difference. Right now I am only 18, not yet knowledgeable enough to influence the world, but with my passions, I believe...
...said, “and we decided it should be a band we’re in, so we just created alter egos with that.”Hopkins quickly latched onto the idea that he should be the bass player.“All summer he played Guitar Hero so he could be good for our band,” Breaux said. “There was a two month stretch where the only time I saw him outside of football was playing guitar hero.”Hopkins wasn’t quite so charitable with his assignments...