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...Yunus taught Bangladesh how to fish. Beginning only with $27, the 66-year-old former economics professor from Chittagong built an institution which uplifted impoverished millions in his country and, if you listen to him, portends the end of global poverty. His Grameen Bank-which is named after the Bengali word for "village"-extended credit to rural poor, empowering entire communities, and especially women, to work, earn income and improve the conditions of their lives. He spoke to TIME moments before hearing the news that he and the bank he founded had been awarded the 2006 Nobel Prize for Peace...
DIED. ADDWAITYA, around 250 years old, giant tortoise thought to have been the world's oldest living creature; in a zoo in Calcutta. Brought from the Seychelles to India by British sailors in the 1700s, Addwaitya (Bengali for "the one and only") first belonged to Robert Clive, who helped establish colonial rule in India. Clive died in 1774, but his pet stayed on in the garden of his estate, moving to the zoo 100 years later...
...DIED. ADDWAITYA, around 250 years old, giant tortoise thought to have been the world's oldest living creature; in a zoo in Calcutta. One of four Aldabra tortoises brought from the Seychelles to India by British sailors in the 1700s, Addwaitya (Bengali for "the one and only") first belonged to Robert Clive, whose East India Company helped establish colonial rule in India. Clive died in 1774, but Addwaitya stayed on in the garden of his estate, only moving to the zoo 100 years later...
Tatiana H. Chaterji ’08 was startled by the role she was cast to play in the between-acts skit of this year’s production of Ghungroo, the hugely popular annual cultural fest put on by the South Asian Association (SAA). Chaterji, whose father is Bengali and mother Finnish American, was slated to play “the white girl” who is rejected by her boyfriend’s traditional Indian family. She turned down the role...
...authors are regular travelers to the region, and the text often reads like a letter from a more than usually adventurous friend--a friend who knows a lot about food. The recipes can be ingredient heavy and complicated but reward the effort with authentically spicy Goan pork vindaloo, Bengali fish in broth, salsas and sambols, as well as diverse breads and rice dishes that make eating almost as good as being there...