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...democracy of more than 1 billion people, many profiting from a reformed economy, India is turning itself into a primary player in the global marketplace. Readers welcomed the rise of a free society, although not without a few misgivings about the lingering effects of the caste system and corruption It was with great pride that I read the cover stories about the boom time in India [July 3], a country in which the ancient and the modern coexist. On a recent visit to India, I observed that downtown Bombay appears to have stood still in time, while changes are more...
...blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge, pictured. If you don't linger you can catch a show at the Market Theatre in artsy Newtown...
...blocks of shops in Old Melville include a couple of fantastic used-book stores. After browsing for forgotten classics, eat Thai (Soi is a favorite), Indian, Greek or Ethiopian (the newly opened Abyssinica), or have a drink at the Mozambican-flavored Xai Xai Lounge. If you don't linger you can catch a show at the Market Theatre in artsy Newtown...
Where Ayaan Hirsi Ali goes, controversy seems to follow--and linger. The Somali-born activist, named to 2005's TIME 100 for her campaign against Islamic extremism, quit the Dutch Parliament in May after being told she would be stripped of citizenship for lying on her 1992 application for asylum. Immigration Minister Rita Verdonk flip-flopped last week, saying Hirsi Ali's citizenship was safe. But the Dutch coalition government was not, and collapsed amid discord over Verdonk's original move. Hirsi Ali, 36, regrets that the citizenship issue was politicized and not debated more seriously. "This is absurd...
...onto Broadway. In the context of the Thatcherite eighties, the play focuses around eight students from a north English grammar school seeking admission to the world’s most exclusive and competitive educational institutions. Pressured from the school administration and attracted primarily by the behemoth of reputation, they linger at school beyond their final examinations for extra classes in preparation for admission interviews and papers...