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...their knees; there was real fear and panic at that moment." She remembers eating at the Lord Krishna hotel, which is right opposite the bomb blast site, just a few nights ago with an Indian friend. He had pointed out to her that the loudspeakers were blaring out in Hindi, again and again: "Be careful, there could be terrorists around...
...literary prizes after it first appeared in Italy in the same year. Subsequent translations have charmed critics in France, Germany, Greece, the Netherlands and Spain. Newly published in English, it comes with a map of the many trans-Caucasian journeys recounted, plus a glossary of words imported from Arabic, Hindi, Kyrgyz and Russian: you're in for a long - and enchanting - trip. Kaja, born into the nomadic Tunshan tribe in the late 1930s, can trace her ancestry back to Genghis Khan. She grows up in the warm embrace of family and clan, close to nature though not entirely removed from...
...industry where casting criteria other than talent?family ties, sex appeal, mob pressure?are often rumored to play a role, Bachchan rose to superstardom by delivering consistently towering performances. It also helped that he gave a lot of them: Sarkar ("boss" in Hindi), a stylish interpretation of Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, is his 152nd movie. But Bachchan also had a profound connection to his public. In the 1970s and 1980s, as India stagnated under an autocratic government and the suspension of civil liberties during Indira Gandhi's 1975-1977 Emergency, Bachchan played a series of angry young...
...sign of the times that one of the hottest IPOs in India this year was that of a newspaper company. Shares in HT Media?which publishes Hindustan, a major Hindi daily, the Hindustan Times, an English-language newspaper, and two magazines?listed on the Bombay stock exchange on Sept. 1 after raising about $90 million through a public stock sale. The IPO marked the climax of an extraordinary year for the Indian newspaper industry, which has seen new editions launched, turf wars fought and sensational stories broken. All this exuberance is a heart-warming sight for newspaper publishers. In most...
...singer, a leading member of the Black Men’s Forum, founder of the California Club, and first class marshal. He has also spent time abroad studying in South Africa—where he hopes eventually to live—and has earned a language citation in Urdu-Hindi...