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2 weeks ago • 32 notesMay 29 2013 - A strike on a mud-built house in Miranshah or the nearby village of Chashma, at 3am, killing 4-7 people. According to local resident Bashir Dawar, “The bodies were badly damaged and beyond recognition.” #drone #drones #pakistan (at Chashma, North Waziristan, Pakistan)
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2 months ago • 11 notesIncredible.
The Times of India just published an article about “evolution of Bollywood and its shining ‘Superstars’”. link
Not a single woman is mentioned.
“ And though such admirers are to be found in every traditional or impoverished culture, they are especially conspicuous in countries such as India, where centuries of British rule have left many people thinking of London or Oxford as the natural culmination of their ambitions, social or intellectual. Nirad Chaudhuri was able to complete his Autobiography of an Unknown Indian, in some sense, by moving to North Oxford; V.S. Naipaul, though growing up far from Asia, began to take an interest in his Eastern and colonial roots only after he had established himself in England, and felt he could bring a Western sense of history and critical inquiry to his often disheveled homelands. The note of sorrow and even bitterness one increasingly hears in his work comes in part from his sense that, having arrived at last in the West, he finds it crumbling all around him.
Pankaj Mishra is the latest distinctive heir to this tradition, and his deepest theme is how the dream of the West at once inspires and confounds a hopeful young man in small-town India who longs to escape the “cruel, garish world of middle-class India” and to remake himself, much as Naipaul has done, through books and reflective wanderings alone.
Pankaj Mishra is the latest distinctive heir to this tradition, and his deepest theme is how the dream of the West at once inspires and confounds a hopeful young man in small-town India who longs to escape the “cruel, garish world of middle-class India” and to remake himself, much as Naipaul has done, through books and reflective wanderings alone.
India Needs Water Security
2 months ago • 1 note
By Bari Schwartz
Many Indian citizens are struggling to find clean water. And while arid climates place India at a disadvantage, the environment isn’t the only factor.
2 months ago • 2 notesFind out more about our recent #cybersummit in New Delhi at www.cybersummit2012.com
How Can North Korea be a Cyber Aggressor?
2 months ago • 1 note
By William J. Vogt
The bellicose rhetoric coming out of Pyongyang is very threatening these days. Whether it is a revocation of the armistice that ended the Korean War or cutting off one of the few pathways towards North-South communication, the Kim Jong Un regime is engaging in increasingly destabilizing behavior.
All Eyes on Iran
2 months ago • 2 notes
By Michael McShane
In an article published in last week’s Wall Street Journal, Jay Solomon highlighted the disproportionate attention President Obama has paid to Iran’s nuclear program since coming to office compared to thediplomatic engagement the United States has pursued vis-à-vis North Korea’s own steadily growing nuclear weapons program.
The General in his Labyrinth is Marquez’s fictional depiction of General Simon Bolivar, liberator of South America from the Spanish. Bolivar is seeing his dream of a united Latin American falling apart before his eyes. Because of this, Bolivar decides to leave for Europe. This novel captures his last days during this journey. We come to know a man who rants against his enemies. He can’t even afford a horse and rides a mule. He is also one who can’t afford first class and has to travel third class. This is interesting to see because he is, after all, the liberator of an entire continent. As the novel goes on, we see Bolivar as a broken man. He witnesses the destruction of what he built and is powerless to stop it. The people he exiled are now returning to the country and humiliating him. Bolivar starts off with noble intentions and is almost forgotten by the same people he helped. He is doomed into a life of solitude and a labyrinth in the midst of all the people surrounding him. His last words are, “How will I ever get out of this labyrinth!”, referring to his labyrinth of suffering. As John Green explains to see, “when you stopped wishing things wouldn’t fall apart, you’d stop suffering when they did.” Bolivar is not able to get out of his labyrinth through death because death does not end the suffering of his dream. This novel took me longer to read because it is not a fast, easy read. Marquez did an amazing job with describing General Bolivar’s last days although I am not positive of it’s historical accuracy. The writing is exquisite and a great story. I would recommend it for those are willing to take their time reading and understanding this novel.
(Source: youweremynew-dream)
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