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There's nothing new about such tales of hardship and pop-culture dreaming, of course (Saf's older sister swoons to Hopelessly Devoted to You from Grease). But in Manzoor's telling, every sigh comes with a different inflection. This is a boy who kisses the Koran before wishing for...
In a Land Far, Far Away ... James Poniewozik was absolutely right in saying that the Shrek movies are really for him and not the kids [May 28]. Tex Avery's cartoons (starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig) and many other cartoons of the 1930s and '40s include jokes that...
Desperate for a Way Out "Dreams of Leaving" revealed the sad story behind illegal Chinese immigrants [April 30]. With the help of unscrupulous snakeheads and dazzled by the tales of immediate riches, these people found themselves digging in foreign soil and toiling from sunshine until sunset, believing "fortune only comes...
Instead, the great hulk of Chittorgarh offers less tangible pleasures. Stoically enduring above arid plains, it embodies Rajasthan's tragic mystique better than any other monument. Facing certain defeat on three separate occasions, Chittorgarh's fierce Rajput occupants donned saffron robes and rode out from its iron-spiked gates to...
And while the housing lottery still generates the tension, joy, and social crisis it did 28 years ago, the randomization of the results has stripped the Houses of their unique personalities. Here was an area where my young students were eager to hear tales of “Old Harvard?...