His best work, his only movie
Debbie JacobSunday, May 11, 2014Almost everyone loves a good love story, so it is not surprising that many followers of the late great Colombian Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Márquez consider his b
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Plain talk
Shivanee RamlochanSunday, June 8, 2014Under the Peepal Tree Vashti Bowlah Vashti Bowlah, 2014In his foreword to Vashti Bowlah’s Under the Peepal Tree, Ken Ramchand precisely outlines the ambitions and...
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Everybody’s problem
Debbie JacobSunday, June 8, 2014If you think that drugs, drug cartels and drug smuggling are everyone else’s problem but your own, then you really need to read our June Sunday Arts Section (SAS) Bo
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Naipaul says with free interplay of ideas... Good can overcome bad
Prasun SonwalkarSunday, June 22, 2014Nobel laureate VS Naipaul.Paying tribute to the idea of liberty in the American constitution, Nobel laureate VS Naipaul opened a major conference in London on...
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Seeing history through the eyes of the dead
Sunday, June 29, 2014Shivanee RamlochanOn the grave of John Augustus, manager of the Palmiste empire of estates, the following epitaph is inscribed in marble: “Oyez traveller, stop ere you go by, remember
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Sunday, June 29, 2014Debbie JacobOne good book always leads to another so for those who enjoyed our June Sunday Arts Section (SAS) Book Club selection, The Sound of Things Falling by Juan Gabriel...
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In deep trouble
Debbie JacobEvery decision we make has consequences, and that might just be the most important message of Andy Mulligan’s young adult (YA) novel Trash, our August Sunday Arts Section (SAS) Book club...
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Once a carefree girl
Malala says that she was reading the Twilight books by Stephenie Meyer and longing to be a vampire when the Taliban arrived in her village. With the pain and longing that nostalgia brings, Malala, the...
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A rousing book on sleep
I never dreamed about using a non-fiction book like The Secret Life of Sleep by Kat Duff for our Sunday Arts Section (SAS) Book Club choice for the month of October until my friend Annie sent it to me...
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Gifts pour in for ‘miracle baby’
Good tidings have come to new mother Deton Assanah, 31, who gave birth to a baby girl in the backseat of a patrol car on Monday.Yesterday, the officers attached to the Community Comfort Control Patrol...
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