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...Lawson dismissed the suit, thus temporarily delaying the fight over the constitutionality of the ban. By Any Means Necessary, another group that opposed the 2006 decision, announced yesterday that they would appeal the Court’s decision. On the group’s Web site, National co-chair Shanta Driver promised to continue pushing this case into the higher federal courts. “Just as in Brown v. Board of Education, we will win these cases at the United States Supreme Court by building the civil rights movement,” she said in a press release posted...
...20th century's bloodiest ethnic wars in their attempt to control the fate of the Indian people and their government. Before the partition takes place, Lenny, despite being forced by polio to wear a leg brace, enjoys a happy childhood playing under the care of her nanny Shanta (Nandita Das). Shanta is a beautiful young Hindu woman who attracts suitors from all three religious backgrounds: Hindu, Sikh and Muslim. The two suitors that Shanta most favors with her attention are both Muslim: the charismatic yet somewhat roguish Dil Navaz or "Ice Candy Man" (Aamir Khan) and the kind, gentle Hasan...
...these lamentable historical events unfold, Lenny's sheltered life begins to crumble despite her membership in the Parsi faith, which maintains her family neutral as the violence between Hindus and Muslims escalates. Shanta's suitors, originally friends, begin to divide along religious lines as news of genocidal bloodshed trickles in from the surrounding areas. As Lahore itself begins the tumultuous transition from a former Indian city to its current status as the capitol of Pakistan, a variety of the characters' dispositions also change. The transformation of "Ice Candy Man" is the most dramatic, as he goes from being the reasonable...
...certainly a chip off the old blocker, but while her dad is associated with a major household appliance, Norie Shanta Perry is a lot smaller than even a bread box. Last week in Evanston, Ill., little Norie became the newest addition to the family of Sherry and William ("the Refrigerator") Perry. Born eight weeks prematurely, she weighed in at a delicate 3 lbs. 10 1/2 oz., a tiny fraction of her famous father's 300-plus lbs. She will be the third lady in the Perry household, joining Mom and her three-year-old big sister Latavia...
...Shanta Devarajan, assistant professor of Public Policy at the K-School, and a native of Sri lanka, received a request this spring for help from a university in his home country which is interested in developing a program in business management...