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...mango and lychee orchard. He loves the forest life, but fears getting caught between the Naxals, a Maoist group that dominates the area, and the government's counterinsurgency force. He doesn't just want protection; he wants security. "I will vote for someone who has the ability to maintain a peaceful atmosphere in the state," Ikka says...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How India's Young and Restless Are Changing Its Politics | 5/4/2009 | See Source »

...With any outside vendor, there’s a serious concern about privacy and data ownership,” he says, “which is to say that from a legal perspective and from a Harvard policy perspective, it’s necessary for Harvard to maintain ownership and full control over data even when it’s handled by an external organization.”Kroll, who says he has plans to pursue a Ph.D. in computer science at Princeton next year studying the intersection of security and technology policy, says that any contract between...

Author: By Naveen N. Srivatsa, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: E-mail Switch Draws Security Concerns | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...actors like Alfre Woodard, Tim Blake Nelson, and Charles Dutton.The 2000 U.S. presidential election constitutes both the political and visual subtexts of the storyline, with frequent shots of the campaigns of George W. Bush and Al Gore ’69 spliced into the film. Not only does this maintain the historical accuracy of the story, it also reveals a disturbing layer of irony in campaign rhetoric.“At the very time that George Bush was running for president, talking about how he didn’t believe in quota systems, he was using quota systems for distributing...

Author: By Jessica M. Righthand, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Haney Crafts New ‘American’ Drama | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...cheerful they were about their triviality, delivering the lines “I want you to want me / I need you to need me” with unabashed gusto. Tinted Windows fail to match up to Cheap Trick in part because the rest of the album fails to maintain the melodic quality of the first three songs. Power pop sans hooks is music that has entirely lost its raison d’être, and most of the album disappoints on this count, with generic, unmemorable riffs and bland choruses. But an even more egregious failure is the lyrical descent...

Author: By Keshava D. Guha, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Tinted Windows | 5/1/2009 | See Source »

...With just one second left on the clock, Doherty fired and scored, preventing the Crimson from blowing a four point, first-half lead. “Winning those draw controls was really the key to the game,” McMahon said. “We also had to maintain possession.” “We didn’t play as well in the second half,” Flynn added. “We let them come back in, had some turnovers on both ends. It was nerve wracking but we were able to finish...

Author: By Kevin T. Chen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crimson Ends Year With Thrilling Win | 4/30/2009 | See Source »

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