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...gratis minibar. A fully equipped kitchenette is found in all 34 suites - of which 10 also boast an in-room wine chiller - and the five rooms on the Ladies Floor have dedicated amenities for women (like more hangers, for example). Owner Surya Jhunjhnuwala, the brains behind the groovy Vansh Indian restaurants in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, is a marathon runner and sets a health-conscious tone. You are treated to organic dried corn and Fiji bottled water upon arrival, and can avail yourself of a yoga mat (kept in every room), a gymnasium and a rooftop infinity-edge swimming pool...
...caves of Tora Bora in Afghanistan. Radical groups like al-Itihaad al-Islamiya, funded and trained by foreign militants supplied by Osama bin Laden, have been in Somalia for years. The same bin Laden T shirts that fill Pakistan's bazaars are sold in the markets along Kenya's Indian Ocean coast...
Revathi Masoosai should be the perfect embodiment of Malaysia. Her ethnic Indian parents were both born in the ancient port of Malacca in 1957, the very year the colony of Malaya gained independence from the British. Her father was Christian, her mother came from a Hindu family, but they both officially converted to Islam, the religion practiced by Malaysia's majority Malays. Yet Revathi does not feel welcome in her ethnically and religiously diverse homeland. According to Malaysian law, Muslims can only marry other Muslims. Revathi, who was actually raised in the Hindu faith, had fallen in love with...
...separates her most from the typical Harvard student is her commitment to “saying, ‘God, you’re the master of my life,’ which is very counter-cultural in an academic environment.” Professor of comparative religion and Indian studies Diana L. Eck moderated the event, which was sponsored by the Harvard College Interfaith Council and drew more than two dozen attendees to Ticknor Lounge. Eck noted that though the panelists found their faith reaffirmed in college, their experiences “might be the exception, rather than...
...threats of punishment may not be enough. Harsh Agarwal, co-founder of the Coalition to Uproot Ragging, says the practice will stop only if there's a cultural shift in colleges. The Indian Supreme Court committee agrees, calling for human rights instruction for younger students in addition to a widespread public awareness campaign. "The biggest hurdle is no one believes ragging is a social evil," Agarwal says. "When an entire society believes in this, how is enforcement of the law possible...