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...Changing notions of gender are a part of that. "The so-called techie lit or business-school books will all take you through a series of different notions of what it means to be a man in India," Bagchi says. Male protagonists struggle with a world that challenges them to break free of their parents' expectations: Will they be dutiful sons and find good jobs, or will they indulge in idealism and take risks? In one passage in Above Average, the character Arindam experiences an epiphany while playing in a band: "That first roll to the end of the song...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Techie Lit: India's New Breed of Fiction | 10/30/2008 | See Source »

...create "e-Palestine" - computers and modems - is certainly in place in the occupied territories and throughout the diaspora. Today, a ubiquitous feature in the Palestinian camps across the Middle East is the internet cafe - a loud, smoky space crammed with young Palestinians clustered around a handful of computers, faces lit up by the glowing screens, communicating with other Palestinians they have never - and may never - meet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: E-Palestine: Palestinian Youth Bring Their Politics Online | 10/29/2008 | See Source »

Freshman Mark Pollak lit up the leaderboard as the Harvard men’s golf team took third place at the Kelly Gutshall Invitational at Lehigh University. In the final tournament of the fall season, the Crimson, the only Ivy League school at the eight-team tournament, saw strong performances from young players despite miserable conditions on day one. Play was suspended on day one after thunderstorms rolled in over the par-72 Bethlehem course and continued into the night. “The course was an absolutely phenomenal course and well maintained,” Pollak said...

Author: By Elizabeth A. Joyce, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Braves Tough Climate | 10/27/2008 | See Source »

Every once in a while a decision made in a boring meeting at an unglamorous, fluorescent-lit federal agency signals that historic upheaval is underway for the world outside...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: US Bank Failures ... And Counting | 10/13/2008 | See Source »

...give him a hug to the underscoring of the “Brokeback Mountain” theme song. This moment is almost matched when, in a later sequence with a bonafide pothead with clerical credentials, Maher jumps up like a schoolboy as the Reverend’s hair is lit on fire by a nearby candle. Never have the words “Look out! Your head is on fire!” been more profound...

Author: By Mia P. Walker, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: 'Religulous' | 10/9/2008 | See Source »

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