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...world. "Andre 3000 is wild and crazy. He's got the energy of a little kid," says Benjamin. "I'm totally opposite from that, way more calm. I have friends that call me Turtle." Indian Ocean Jan. 10, 2005 They are burning bodies on the shore of Tamil Nadu in southern India, and Manikimuttu, 24, whose grandfather is among the 60 or so in the pyre, is crazed with grief, one moment scooping water into cooking pots and throwing it on the flames, the next collapsing in uncontrollable sobs. They are collecting bodies from the normally green lawn in front...
...dusty plains of Chettinad?in India's Tamil Nadu state?are known for anything, it is Chettinad chicken. This rich curry is a staple of Indian menus from Bombay to Birmingham, England. But the desert region may have tasted a hint of a more enticing asset. Many of the once palatial homes of its former merchants, who made their riches during the heyday of the Raj, are up for grabs. By some estimates, as many as 10,000 of these crumbling structures are spread across the sands, awaiting rescue. Authorities hope that some will be turned into hotels or museums...
...Nagarathar home that has been spared this kind of fire-sale is an Art Deco-style mansion on the outskirts of Karaikudi now converted into a boutique hotel, the Bangala, tel: (91 4565) 250221. Chettinadu Mansion, tel: (91 4565) 27308, a similar property, also recently opened as hotel. Tamil Nadu's tourism commissioner, Shakti Kanta Das, hopes hotels like these will propel the region "to the threshold of big-time tourism...
Mridula S. Raman ’06, co-president of the South Asian Association, was still waiting to hear from relatives from Tamil Nadu until Dec. 31, the Indian state hit hardest by the tsunami. In India, over 8,000 have been reported missing...
Patrick Toomey ’03, who was working with People’s Watch-Tamil Nadu, a human rights organization, had planned to meet with his girlfriend, Emma B. Wright ’03, at the coastal town of Mahabalipuram...