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MEMED MY HAWK (371 pp.)-Yashar Kemal-Pantheon...
...FEVER PITCH (255 pp.)-David Caute-Pantheon...
...BROTHERS M (512 pp.)-Tom Stacey-Pantheon...
...something else in common: the same tailor. Every stitch of their elaborate garments, from scarlet silk stockings to matching skullcap, came from Bonaventura Gammarelli, 61, the most prestigious name in the Roman Catholic cloak and soutane trade. From his small shop in the shadow of Rome's ancient Pantheon, Gammarelli sends out the robes and capes to Catholic clergy the world over; New York's Cardinal Spellman is a regular customer...
They argue that India, though mostly Hindu, is officially a secular country. But such secularism is not regarded by the Sikhs as a virtue. About 1500 their founder, Nanak Chand, broke away from Hinduism because of its caste system and its vast pantheon of gods and demigods, and established a monotheistic religion without images or taboos, but with a strong moral code. Sikh men, in order to emphasize their apartness, leave their hair and beards uncut and wear a dagger symbolic of the militancy of their faith. Through better diet and attention to personal cleanliness, the Sikhs in time became...