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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: What Could Have Been | 12/12/2002 | See Source »

...villain in Bombay Dreams, the tinsel-and-tabla musical currently wowing London's West End, is J.R., The Big Boss, a gangster who controls the film industry and whose menacing mantra is: "I'll be watching. I always...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Married to the Mob | 10/6/2002 | See Source »

Death here is not morbid?it's a vibrant business. This is where the sacred and the commercial comfortably converge. The city of 2 million hosts more than 50,000 funerals a year, and shopkeepers are more likely to sell sandalwood logs, incense and tinsel garlands?the paraphernalia of death?than savory samosas. It takes about three hours to burn a body, and the cost can be prohibitive, usually starting at $200 for a modest affair. Whole streets are dedicated to the selling of shrouds and the influx of tourists has spawned a new school of opportunists. Papu, a self...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Death On the Holy Ganges | 6/10/2002 | See Source »

...found covered in excrement. “I wanted to give her a voice,” she says. “All of us have that moment where putting shit on us is a better choice.” After covering herself in chocolate, Finley wrapped herself in tinsel, mimicking a mistreated woman dressing for dinner...

Author: By Natalia H.J. Naish, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Naked Truth | 2/15/2002 | See Source »

...five years ago, in one of my rare flashes of parental insight, I decided that the most opportune time to teach this basic courtesy is while the tinsel is hot. To the horror of my children, I announced that henceforth every gift received will be an occasion for a thank-you note written immediately, on the spot. I have explained to my kids how I have reacted to not hearing from that little boy--how it made me feel unappreciated and unmotivated to repeat the process next year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How to Teach Thank-You Notes | 12/31/2001 | See Source »

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