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...anxiety in knowing that, whatever harrowing adventures might befall the characters, they are mere preparation for what is to occur later.This novel opens on the cusp of the Opium Wars, with the chaos of the Far East’s opium trade visible just over the precipice. Deeti, an Indian peasant whose husband is an addict, spends her days tending the poppy fields that the sahibs (rulers of the province) forced her and those like her to cultivate. Where once they had planted crops that would feed their families, they now tend waving fields of blossoms that will...
...Just six years ago, close to a million combat-ready troops were deployed along the Line of Control - the truce boundary bisecting Kashmir that has functioned as a de facto border between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled sides of the disputed territory. A 2003 cease-fire agreement managed to pull the two sides back from the brink of what could have been the fourth major war between them. And in the intervening years, as events related to the U.S. "war on terror" came to dominate Pakistan's security situation, the conflict that began at birth between modern India and Pakistan...
...Five years ago, a bus route was established to ferry passengers between Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, and Srinagar, the capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir. Mazhar Hussain's truckload of goods marked the opening of trade across the 460-mile long armistice line...
...Some of the same slogans were heard in Indian-administered Kashmir during the summer, when tens of thousands of people poured out on to the streets in a surprise wave of protests, triggered by a dispute over a 99-acre piece of land designated for the use of Hindu pilgrims visiting a nearby shrine. The Indian government eventually backed down, but Hindu hardliners subsequently enforced a blockade of the only road linking the Kashmir valley with the rest of India. The opening of cross-Line of Control trade route is seen by some as a concession to the Muslim majority...
...looking for a titillating Friday night, look no further than this sensational playbill. It opens this Friday and will run until the first weekend in November. Friday, Oct. 24 at 8:00 p.m. New College Theatre, $8 4) Classical How many times have you heard a legendary Indian Classical singer with a range of three and a half octaves? That’s what we thought. Go hear a live concert by Pandit Jasraj and escape to India for the night. Friday, Oct. 24. 8:00 p.m. Kresge Auditorium, MIT, $20 5) A Spooky Menagerie We’re sure...