Word: preparedness
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State of Siege Umma Aman tells me she is prepared to die for her god. This is the kind of rhetoric I've come to expect from students at Jamia Hafsa, the women's seminary attached to Lal Masjid. I am not expecting an immediate demonstration of her faith. But...
The degree of customization that is required means BMW isn't as ruthlessly efficient as Toyota in some respects, including the number of cars produced per worker per day. But there's a trade-off. "BMW is not prepared to sacrifice its ability to give consumers the car they want...
She tells me she's prepared to die for God. It's the kind of rhetoric I've come to expect from students here; I am not expecting an immediate demonstration of her faith. But as we speak, government rangers, a kind of paramilitary force, are moving in, trying to...
One reason for the rise in the divorce rate is that educated Indian women - or at least educated, middle-class women - now have the option. "Women don't want to lie down and take it anymore," says Julie George, a Pune-based lawyer in matrimonial cases. "There is a lot...
On Tuesday, police in Australia detained Mohamed Haneef, a 27-year-old Indian doctor, as he prepared to board a plane to India at Brisbane airport, and a second Indian doctor was earlier arrested in Liverpool. Haneef left a hospital in the same city last September for a position at...