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...resourceful peasant woman who flouts conventions of caste and presciently foretells the coming of the tall-masted ship that will reshape her destiny. Sitting in his Kolkata home, Ghosh describes her to TIME as the book's "mainsail, its guiding energy." But while Deeti drives a story of considerable scope, she's not alone. Ghosh has a talent - revealed not only in this novel but previous ones - for bringing to life through his characters worlds that have been long forgotten. We meet, among others, a freed American slave, an impeccably-mannered Bengali nobleman turned convict and a cross-dressing businessman...
...Parker—the duo combined for an 8-5 win over Bucknell’s Jonathan Brenner and Gregg Cohenca in the decisive final game. While the tougher tests are yet to come for the Crimson, its performance over a hectic weekend and scope for development certainly provides encouragement. “The guys are working hard to maximize what they do, and that’s really our goal this year—consistency,” Fish said. “So to see us come out in the third day of play still looking strong...
...describes: “The sandbars were pink or violet drifts ahead. Where the light fell on the river, in a wandering from shore to shore, it was leaf-shaped spangles that trembled softly, while the dark of the river was calm.” Welty explores the full scope of humanity in her stories, despite the profound racial tensions of the society in which she lived. In “Powerhouse,” which was originally published in 1941, she delves into the voices of a group of black musicians who are providing music for a whites-only...
...June of 2008, hidden on farmland in a small town in Tennessee, a village of nearly 100,000 people was constructed for four brief days, just at it has been every year since 2002. Since its inception, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival has grown in both size and scope into the summer music festival. I made the voyage to what’s been called this generation’s Woodstock, harboring an empty hope that the experience would be an appropriate comparison to that summer of ’69. I would like to believe that...
...city officials and community members on Harvard’s forecasted development in Allston for the next half-century this August, some residents said the document raised concerns about the University’s ability to adequately incorporate the city’s suggestions. The report, known as a scoping determination, is the longest in the city’s history, according to Boston Redevelopment Authority officials and is directed at Harvard’s 50-year master plan in the Boston neighborhood across the Charles River. The document focuses on ways in which Harvard’s development over...