By focusing on two extant Buddhist complete texts in Tamil
- a sixth-century poetic narrative known as the ' Manimekalai' & an
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Political drama with a supernatural undercurrent, written & directed by Christopher Hampton (who also wrote ' The Quiet American'). Emma Thompson stars as Cecilia Rueda, a dissident journalist in 1970s Buenos Aires who becomes one of the 30, 000 'disappeared' after she is kidnapped by the fascist junta. Her playwright husb&, Carlos (Antonio Banderas), has developed a psychic ability to 'see' what has happened to the abductees, glimpsing horrifying images of torture, rape & death at the hands of the military
- but he becomes desperate & frustrated when he finds himself unable to use these powers to find his wife.
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Is India's huge population actually her greatest strength? How has rapid urbanization transformed both social & political life? The author defies imported wisdom to reveal what is really at stake in a fast-changing India. He gets to the heart of debates about labour reform, language, & education & the role of the state. ...