Word: monsoon
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...drains are choked, roads are flooded, trains are late. Rainwater mixed with filth is entering homes. What has changed since last year?" TONY PEREIRA, Bombay resident, on the lack of improvement to the city's infrastructure since record monsoon rains flooded the city in July 2005, killing 435 people...
...KHAO YAI, THAILAND: One of Asia's largest untouched monsoon forests and designated as a World Heritage site, Khao Yai National Park (www.dnp.go.th) covers over 2,000 sq km and is populated with bears, tigers and elephants. Trails take between several hours to three days to complete and offer splendid wildlife encounters. Guides are advised...
...concerned about that. I believe that too many movies speak to nobody’s experience because they try to speak to everybody’s experience. You get at the universal through the specific. “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” and “Monsoon Wedding” were influences on “When Do We Eat?” Those movies are about the particularities of their respective cultures, but their themes are universal. THC: How has your film been received? SL: When we showed the film at Jewish festivals maybe 20 members...
...dramatic landscape will awe even the most seasoned veteran. From the volcanic Haleakala crater and the lush Oheo Gulch to inviting pools, bamboo forests and the gorgeous 122-m Waimoku Falls, this is one to savor, step by stunning step. KHAO YAI, THAILAND: One of Asia's largest untouched monsoon forests and designated as a World Heritage site, Khao Yai National Park www.dnp.go.th covers over 2,000 sq km and is populated with bears, tigers and elephants. Trails take between several hours to three days to complete and offer splendid wildlife encounters. Guides are advised. NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA...
...GAUTAM GOSWAMI was basking in glory. The Indian press had lionized the district magistrate from the eastern state of Bihar for standing up to his political bosses in order to enforce election campaign rules. The sight of an upstanding bureaucrat efficiently coordinating relief to thousands of victims of monsoon floods in a state notorious for crime, corruption and poverty caught TIME's eye: we made him one of our heroes for 2004. But in August, the Bihar State Vigilance Investigation Bureau charged the 39-year-old civil servant and 10 alleged accomplices with embezzling millions of dollars in relief funds...