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...bestowed upon me a pair of designer jeans for no apparent reason. For the record though, I decided to write about Sarkar before any premium denim changed hands. At any rate, the jeans gifting is illustrative: Shayak Sarkar is the kind of guy who performs stylish acts of kindness??the kind of acts that don’t just make you feel better; they make you feel better about yourself. What’s ironic is that you really shouldn’t feel good about yourself when you’re around Sarkar. You should feel humbled...
...moving, if simple message of “The Story of Kindness?? is that in the face of suffering and atrocities, the lesson of history is to understand kindness and forgiveness...
...Kindness?? is, of course, a highly complex issue. Vietnamese members of the audience expressed skepticism of Thuy’s work, saying that he is too forgiving of the Communist regime, especially in his depictions of the Vietnam...
VIETNAMESE FILM SERIES. The Harvard Vietnamese Association, The Harvard Foundation and the Harvard International Relations Council present a screening of three documentaries by award-winning filmmaker Tran Van Thuy. The films are “The Story of Kindness?? (1985), “The Sound of the Violin in My Lai” (1998) and “A Story From the Corner of a Park” (1996). Refreshments and discussion with the director to follow. Saturday, March 1 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. Fong Auditorium, Boylston Hall...
...Koranic spirit of “justice and kindness?? rather than a belligerent heart, formed the hallmark of the Prophet’s dealings with the peaceful non-Muslim communities around him. So impressed, for example, were the Jews of Medina with the fairness of the Prophet that they often asked him to resolve their disputes according to Jewish law. The tolerance inherent in Islam lived on long after the Prophet. When the Spanish Inquisition drove the Jews (and Muslims) out of Spain, they found refuge in the Ottoman Empire, where many served in high official positions...
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