Word: satie
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...Sati, who owns Tajine, stood inside wearing a jacket and described the temperature inside the building as “freezing...
...invented and improbable, but it's justifiably in the film to prevent it from tipping over into chauvinism. The friendship also reflects the historical truth that not all British soldiers were racists, and that amidst its looting and profiteering, the Company did some good?for instance, by banning sati (wife burning...
Despite the application policy change, this years’ applicants matched the caliber of those who applied to the Class of 2007. Over 56 percent of applicants in both classes scored over 700 on the math section of the SATI, and 49 percent of both groups scored over 700 on the verbal. But the Class of 2008 scored higher on the SATII Writing, with 10.2 percent earning a perfect 800, compared to 9.2 percent of last year’s pool...
...made the crossover to writing and directing with 36 Chowringhee Lane, a film about marginalized Anglo Indians in India, which won the country's National Awards for best direction and best cinematography. Sen's subsequent movies have tackled a range of similarly weighty and political topics, including sati, the practice of widow sacrifice. As a result, she is often regarded as a feminist filmmaker, and she wears the tag uneasily. "I believe feminism is a part of humanism, and I am a humanist," she says...
...peers and fellow writers in spite of their biological relationship, Vido and Seepersad alternatively offer each other encouragement, criticism and advice in a way that forms a striking contrast to Vido's more candid exchanges with his older sister Kamla, or his oft-exasperated advice to his younger sister Sati...