Word: sectionalism
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...Jesus overturned the tables of the money changers. And Muslims, who call it Haram al-Sharif (noble sanctuary), believe it is the site of Muhammad's Night Journey, recounted in the Koran, in which the Prophet ascended to heaven. But today this sacred place is battling simple gravity. A section of the Mount's eastern retaining wall - 40 sq m of teetering sandstone, pitted and creased by centuries of dusty desert wind - is bulging away from the great mass of the Temple. The darkness that lies behind it breaks black through a 50-cm crack that runs...
...Ilan University near Tel Aviv. Last week Barkay and other local archaeologists persuaded the Israeli High Court to temporarily bar the removal of any more debris. Israelis say that since the reconstruction, a bulge in the Mount's southern wall has started to warp much faster, and a section of the eastern wall has begun to lean outward. "There's an immediate danger of collapse in the eastern and southern walls," says Shuka Dorfman, head of the Antiquities Authority. Awwad says a team of Jordanian experts is fixing the problem in the southern wall and will soon move onto...
...everyone in India is writing a novel. In New Delhi, for instance, the roster of published novelists includes newspaper editors, gossip columnists, ex-bureaucrats, housewives, college teachers, advertising executives, a former Prime Minister and the present spokesman for the Ministry of External Affairs. A trip to the fiction section of any Indian bookstore will show that Indians are churning out novels like chapatis these days; shelf after shelf bursts with paperbacks telling of the alienation and loneliness of Indians who've moved to America, the depression and misery of Indians who haven't, the stupendously complicated family lives of Indians...
...toothless prince, and it's easy to see why. Made from finely ground mutton, infused with cloves, cinnamon and other spices, the Kakori is so soft it just melts on your tongue. Slide your fork under the kebab and lift: it should be so delicate that only the section directly under the fork rises. The finest Kakori may be found at Tundey Ke, a Lucknow hole-in-the-wall started in the 19th century by a one-armed chef. My personal favorite is served at Sonargaon, the restaurant in Calcutta's Taj Bengal Hotel. You'll pay less than...
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