Desi World
IT'S ALL ABOUT THE DESI WORLD
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TIDBITS, NOT TWEETS
January 2013 -
American football (not soccer) in India / Indians, largest group in Britain / Genomes show Indian ancestry of gypsies / Foreign Policy magazine’s top 100 global thinkers / Indian words not in the OED
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BOOK MATTERS
January 2013 -
Music novel: Dancing to the Flute / medicine, health: The Day My Brain Exploded / art + 17th-century verse: I Saw a Peacock with a Fiery Tail / kids, folktale: The Great Race / laborer's life in Delhi: A Free Man
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R.I.P. (with additions from the world of dance)
December 2012 -
R.I.P.: Khabar offers a look at a selection of 15 notable Indians who died in 2012. Rest in Peace. Open the article to read about all 15 men and women.
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Make Art, Not War
November 2012 -
On the 50th anniversary of the Indo-China border war, artists Hetain Patel and Ren Qian shadowed gestures and speech to highlight the importance of bilateral relations.
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Raj Chetty wins a 2012 MacArthur Fellowship
November 2012 -
Raj Chetty has shown that the impact of talented teachers is huge—and measurable. For the next five years, he and 22 other recipients of this “genius” award will each receive $100,000 annually.
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FILM VIEWS
November 2012 -
Five new films: Delhi Safari (India’s first stereoscopic 3D animation film), Decoding Deepak (about Chopra), Kumare (not a real guru), Midnight's Children, and Life of Pi (tall tale).
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MORE FILMS, OLD AND NEW
November 2012 -
India’s 1st motion picture and five others from that silent era are now available on DVD; also the 1st Bengali feature film; and new Festival of Lights (teenage daughter rebels, yearns to return to Guyana).
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INDIA’S CHANGING ATTITUDES
November 2012 -
What does India think of globalization, consumerism, commercialism, traditional culture; also the free market economy, unemployment, corruption, education, and pollution; and other countries?
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BOOK MATTERS
November 2012 -
4 books: The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined / And Laughter Fell from the Sky / The Story of My Assassins / Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey Through Islamic Lands
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THE 2012 ELECTION
October 2012 -
Which presidential candidate will Indian-Americans favor? And how many Indian-Americans are running for office? The number of Indian-Americans themselves is on the rise, so we may have more and more involvement.
