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...mix modern and traditional as effortlessly as they handle their mobile phones. That, in fact, is the way they met: via a cell phone dating service. She liked his "attitude, his way of responding which was very decent." He liked that Ahuja "didn't want to talk nonsense." They hope one day to get their two families together so they can arrange a hybrid of a love marriage and an arranged one by getting the mutual consent of both sets of parents. "Youngsters just want to show their feelings," says Singh. "And if people don't like that then that...
...pool. The French cuisine (with a Khmer touch) uses fresh local seafood and produce and is superb. Menus are drawn up in consultation with guests, and meals are served on terraces or in the open-air dining pavilion. The communal areas at Knai Bang Chatt are appointed with a mix of Art Deco ornaments and furniture and Khmer bronzes sourced by Vervoordt in his other life as an antiques dealer. But his best pieces are probably the comfy double canopy beds, placed on prime sand facing the Gulf of Thailand. As an antidote to the crowds and touts of Angkor...
...been down this road before; violence is not new to the city. But the stakes are higher this time. The city's recovery is far from assured, and crime threatens to derail an already perilous rebuilding process. Thursday's march, with its broad mix of black and white, rich and poor, rising up to reclaim this beaten-down city, gave us catharsis; time will tell if it gives us anything more than that...
...read like a dusted-off doctoral thesis. But as a storehouse of facts about a history too little known, his book is fascinating. In the 17th century, he tells us, the Burmese capital of Mrauk-U was seen as a "second Venice" for its rivers as well as its mix of Japanese samurai, Islamic customs and Portuguese priests. To this day the highlands around the Irrawaddy Valley, crowded with minority groups, are "one of the most linguistically diverse places in the world." And as late as 1927, more immigrants streamed into Rangoon than into New York City. "For many Indian...
...coincided with the absence of many of their top players due to national team commitments. The only roster to welcome back as many Olympians as the Crimson’s–which re-incorporated Chu, junior Caitlin Cahow, and sophomore Sarah Vaillancourt into the mix this fall–was Dartmouth’s, which returned a trio of medalists and added a fourth in freshman sensation Sarah Parsons (8-17-25) to boot. Stone attempted to downplay the importance of the clash. “It’s one big game in a schedule riddled with...