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Last weekend, India celebrated the Hindu holiday of Diwali, the Festival of Lights. It celebrates the triumph of good over evil and remembers, among other things, the return of Lord Rama following his epic and victorious struggle with the demon king Ravana. Grateful followers, the story goes, lit oil lamps to show Rama's way home in the darkness. Perhaps they also whooped and set off loud explosions, because the Festival of Light could just as easily be the Festival of Noise...
...prayer and then to begin the fun. The odd explosion had been heard across the city in the days leading up to Diwali, but that was nothing compared to the noise that was unleashed as darkness set in. It seemed as if every person in Delhi simultaneously lit a fuse, stood back and waited for the explosion. Color and light shot up from parks and neighborhood streets, from backyards and rooftop terraces. Those who weren't outside letting off fireworks were perhaps inside pursuing the second favorite form of Diwali fun: gambling...
...scans showed that when the anorexics and the controls looked at pictures of others, the type and extent of their brain activity more or less matched. But it was a different story when the two groups studied their own image. The controls' brains again lit up in predictable regions, but activity in the anorexics' brains was much more limited. Specifically, the areas involved in visual perception and emotional processing stayed out of play. Because the anorexic patient can scarcely bear to look at herself, Sachdev theorizes, "I think what the brain is trying to do is inhibit the level...
...media-friendly writers. You'll rarely find novelists on network or even cable TV, and radio outlets also favor non-fiction. Beyond print ads, most publicity for fiction comes from book tours and soliciting reviews or author profiles, but most newspapers have cut back on space devoted to High Lit. Ironically, although Pynchon's penchant for privacy may have its origins in his personal philosophy, it's also been a great hook for journalists to cover (or uncover) him over the years...
There’s a new Friday night concert scene in town. There’s no cover, and no stuffy, dimly lit rooms. It’s all on the FM dial.This week, Daniel Striped Tiger, a local rock band, will use Harvard Radio Broadcasting’s (WHRB) new studio equipment to inaugurate a new concert series.Record Hospital, the rock-music department of WHRB 95.3 FM, is adding an in-studio performance program to its repertoire. Every Friday, between 10 p.m. and midnight, artists from around the northeastern United States will perform live, on air, in the station?...