Word: orissa
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...substantial number of dances choreographed and performed by solo artists. Shana J. Cloud ’06 (see profile on page 4) will present her independent study piece in which the dancers will be blindfolded, while Jessica M. Marglin ’06 will perform a traditional dance from Orissa, India. However, the Dance Festival won’t solely feature dancers with formal training—CityStep will also be a welcome part of the celebration. The volunteer program, focused on Cambridge fifth, sixth, and seventh graders, will showcase dance as well as other forms of creative self-expression...
...sentenced to death. That is a tremendous example for women across the world who are suffering from similar atrocities based on tribal "honor." Mai bravely fought for justice and her rights. Women are frequent victims of a cruel society that stands by silently instead of helping them. Rasmita Rath Orissa, India...
...Pigeons don't rank very high in the avian pecking order. In most places they are thought of only as statue-soiling, vermin-carrying rats with wings. But India's eastern state of Orissa holds the urban nuisances in greater esteem. Since the end of World War II, the Orissa police department has employed some 600 trained pigeons as official messengers. Capable of ferrying vital letters at up to 80 km/h to remote police outposts, the stalwart birds proved more reliable than the region's hopelessly erratic telephone network, especially during cyclone season when high winds frequently downed lines...
...members, who attack residential areas, raid banks and hijack cars. The crime wave, attributed to high levels of unemployment and the easy availability of small arms, has spread out of Nigeria's commercial capital to other cities. INDIA The Worst Monsoon for 50 Years The eastern state of Orissa was counting the cost of floods following two weeks of heavy monsoon rains. Nearly 100 people died and more than 1 million were left homeless in the worst monsoon floods to hit the state for 50 years. At least 160 people died in flash floods and mudslides in northern Pakistan, caused...
...Banerjee concludes that nothing was learned from the tragedy. There are still not enough cyclone shelters in the coastal state, houses aren't built any sturdier and no one has stockpiled emergency rations or even secured a satellite phone. And cyclones hit Orissa every year. The next one can be expected at any time...