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...villages were self-reliant, she said. Pathak said she hopes to increase the number to 500 by 2010. “Everybody likes our model,” she said. The project’s success even prompted a visit from former Indian president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam. “Wherever he goes he always tells about the Chitrakoot project,” Pathak said. Last spring break, about 15 undergraduate members of the Harvard College in Asia Program visited self-sustaining villages in the region. “We are finally able to continue a conversation that...
...when it restored full diplomatic relations with Burma, India has been playing catch up with China for influence over the Burmese regime. It rolled out the red carpet for the current head of the junta, General Than Shwe, in 2004. India’s then President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam visited Burma last year to cement relations...
...transformation was radical. In the village of Matta, the police post sported a new sign: "Taliban Station." So did the precinct in Kabal. In Kalam village, Dr. Fazli Raziq's barber disappeared, driven out of business by a new edict prohibiting men from shaving their beards. Fazli's wife, Zaibi, stopped leaving the house, preferring to stay inside rather than replace her headscarf with the freshly mandated shuttlecock burqa that left only a mesh opening for the eyes. Then militants threatened to bomb their daughter's school. All in all, five out of seven subdistricts - some 68 villages - in this...
...paradise," says Zaibi Raziq. "I used to go on walks every day with my family and friends. But we stopped going out; we stayed inside, discussing what might happen next." The next time she left her home, it was for good. On Oct. 29 Zaibi and her family fled Kalam, leaving a TV, a computer and all their furniture behind...
...many students the accomplishment of a creative thesis and the close relationship forged with thesis advisers during the process can have extraordinary results.“Writing a creative thesis was so helpful for me, it really put me ahead of the game.” says Murad Kalam ’95. Kalam’s critically acclaimed novel “Night Journey” grew out of his creative thesis. He cites two of his creative writing instructors—Kincaid and former Briggs-Copeland Lecturer Robert Cohen—as two figures that were an immense...