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...Dhané's financial crisis that stems from the repossession of his livestock - floated as security for a bad loan - to the elemental metaphors of wood, fire and water that Chettri uses to define his characters. Strapped with debt, Dhané's "thoughts raced by like a powerful torrent"; Maina, his wife, bemoans the "log that fate had flung at them" after learning that Jhuma, the sister, has been raped. The swaggering soldier, who blinded Jhuma with his khakis, foreign words and hollow marriage proposal before committing the outrage, is a "blazing flame...
...evidence that almost 500 suspects were shot and their bodies dumped during the past five months. Researchers have spent three months collecting the data from mortuaries as relatives came forward claiming that their loved ones had disappeared. A police spokesman dismissed the allegations as nothing more than "rumors." However, Maina Kiai, director of the KNHCR, said police had yet to explain how hundreds of bodies had been delivered by police vehicle to mortuaries, yet the force had denied any involvement in the deaths. "Killing about 500 people without due process is a crime against humanity," Kiai told reporters in Nairobi...
...Boston Ballet’s presentation of “Giselle,” produced and staged by Maina Gielgud and running through May 20, offers audiences an enchanting evening of classical mid-19th century ballet. As a conservative adaptation that stays true to the piece’s original choreography and tonality, “Giselle” shines as a stellar example of interpreting narrative through dance...
Staged by Maina Gielgud...
Singles--1. Connie Yowell (Y) d. Elizabeth Evans, 6-1, 6-7, 6-3, 2. Kathy Dallon (Y) d. Erica Schulman, 6-2, 6-2, 3. Jackie Geller (Y) d. Debbie Kaufman, 6-3, 6-2, 4. Maina Pe (H) d. Pam Wolf, 1-6, 6-3, 6-2, 5. Deanne Loonin (H) d. Caroline McAlister, 7-5, 2-6, 6-4, 6. Stacy Riley (Y) d. Kristen Martz...