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...DALAI LAMA by Pico Iyer...
...even of the most penitent onetime torturer to be clear cut. But when the final piece of her moving puzzle falls into place, we, like the dew breaker's daughter, see just how much we didn't know when we were sure we knew it all. --By Pico Iyer...
...Sometimes it feels as if all the neglected voices of the Pacific Northwest--self-righteous slackers, trailer-park priests, the sexually abused--are pouring through him in this book. What we choose to do with them, he suggests, has less to do with him than with ourselves. --By Pico Iyer...
...Coping with Grief Pico Iyer's essay "Move On," about how to handle the lingering trauma of 9/11, ranks among the best I have read this year [Sept. 15]. He gave thoughtful and positive advice. We redeem our sorrow not by perpetuating it but by directing our thoughts to altruistic thinking and action. America is a beacon of hope and a role model for the people of nations that are culturally advanced but industrially undeveloped. Ajit Mishra Nagpur, India...
...Many 9/11 victims were not Americans. Would Iyer suggest that their friends and families, many of whom are Asian and all of whom are still mired in grief on the second anniversary of the terrorist outrage, "learn from Asia" and "let it go"? Iyer should be careful. Asia is, after all, a vast continent that is home to Indians, Pakistanis, Israelis, Palestinians, Sunnis, Shi'ites, Chinese and Tibetans, among many others. Cambodia's leniency toward its mass murderers, which Iyer cited, is part of the problem, not the solution. By perpetuating hoary bromides about Asia's older cultures, Iyer furthers...