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...dead, apparently by his own hand. Now Singh has to find out why-a quest that leads him into a murky labyrinth of pimps, Pakistani agents, Bollywood starlets, new-age gurus and would-be nuclear terrorists. Like the city it's set in, Chandra's epic is sometimes slow moving and occasionally overambitious; but like Bombay, its flaws are outweighed by its virtues. Chief among these is the way Chandra takes you inside the world of a Bombay cop. After reading the book, you'll swear you know precisely how to collect a bribe from a nightclub owner...
Some ghastly things happened in 2006?the horrors of all-against-all war in Iraq, the rubble of Lebanon, the foiled plot to blow airliners out of the sky over the Atlantic, the slow throttling of civil liberties and freedom of expression in Russia, genocide in Darfur, continuing repression from Burma to Zimbabwe. All seemed grim, and grimly familiar. Was there nothing to lighten the gloom...
...football soars through the air in slow motion toward the open arms of the star player as the camera pans the desperately hopeful faces of the crowd. Yeah, that?...
Tired of Christmas trees with tacky beer-can ornaments? Icicle lights? Slow drives around suburban neighborhoods just to see another inflatable Christmas character? Instead, check out these area nativity scenes and get your faith on! One of the most impressive crèches is adjacent to the city hall in Quincy, Mass. On the grounds of Hancock Cemetery—where 69 revolutionary war soldiers, former Harvard University president Leonard Hoar, and generations of the Adams and Quincy families are buried—a huge manger with a near-life-size replication of the Holy Night dominates the scene. Complete...
...stops to answer a question from a fellow breaker, demonstrating complicated moves in an unassuming way. “Kunle’s like a funky turtle,” writes Oludamini D. Ogunnaike ’07 in an e-mail. “He’s slow, cool, deliberate, and meticulous, but the boy can move like nobody’s business.” Oladehin is one of the co-officers of the Harvard Breakers Organization and he also choreographs and dances with Expressions, a hip-hop dance company. He volunteers with CityStep and is known...