Word: monsoonal
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Scattered across the river like pebbles are tiny islands called chars - no more than the tops of sandbars churned up by the fierce currents. There are dozens of them, and with each monsoon season their boundaries change. Some disappear entirely. The people who live on them move from island to island, and the BSF officers make a point of knowing every person who lives in their territory. "We have to monitor the population," Hemram says. "If there are 10 houses on an island, and suddenly an 11th house appears, we have to find out, Whose is that 11th house? From...
...selling titles at the airport bookshop included a self-published novel about a murdered Thai prostitute, an exposé of the country's sex industry and two memoirs by foreigners who had served time in Thai jails - a genre already as overcrowded as the prisons themselves. That Singapore publisher Monsoon Books feels there is room for one more - Nightmare in Bangkok by Andy Botts - begs two more questions. Why do so many foreigners get into trouble in Thailand? And why do so many tourists seem to enjoy reading about...
...Although Tsim initally has no idea who the film director and Harvard alum is, she is enthused after a quick Google search reveals that Nair is the Bollywood director of the films Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair. The signature elegance and bright color palette of Nair’s movies informs Tsim’s 24-hour design...
Although Tsim initally has no idea who the film director and Harvard alum is, she is enthused after a quick Google search reveals that Nair is the Bollywood director of the films Monsoon Wedding and Vanity Fair. The signature elegance and bright color palette of Nair’s movies informs Tsim’s 24-hour design...
...him.From a netherworld, the curator said: “Touching is not permitted.”The spell was pierced. Felicity whirled about, a snarl distorting her pretty face. “I shall touch! Oh, my little mustard seed!” she cried.The floodgates opened.A summer monsoon wracked her body.She collapsed into Ollie’s gleeful arms...