Christmas is not a big celebration in China, but an important deadline for Chinese factories. Production is at a peak in July for Christmas shipments to US by August, as Chinese workers stash overtime pay for the Chinese New Year in Spring. Tammy Jones a laid off assembler in Gilroy, California, struggles to fulfill her children’s Wish List for Christmas after reading their letter to Santa on her meager Unemployment Check that will be taxed. The artificial Christmas Tree complete with lights was a bargain for fifteen dollars at Walmart and would fit perfectly on the little corner table. The Christmas ornaments for pennies fit just right on her budget. The fifty Christmas Cards Printed in China was just what she had in mind for $ 4.99.
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The notable Nobel Laureate Michael Spense in a joint study with Sandile Hiatshayo stated, “Capitalism is Failing US Middle Class”. The revelation made in April 2011 to the Council on Foreign Relations, long suspected by the rank and file on Main Street is now reluctantly being acknowledged by “mainstream” economists.
January 23rd is Netaji’s Birthday, there is no mystery there. But mystery surrounds his death. Born on January 23rd 1897 to a middle class Bengali family in Cuttack, Subhash Chandra Bose was the ninth among fourteen children. His father Janakinath Bose an advocate and mother Prabhavati Devi were compliant citizens of the Raj that envisioned a comfortable future for Subhash by sending him to the Anglo School of Cuttack, now known as Stewart School.
Apurba Laha was born after numerous vows and rituals to a grateful Golok Chand Laha and Kaveri Laha . Golok Chand or Golok Seth was enamored by the charm and grace of Kaveri an accomplished Kathak dancer when he graced a Lion’s Club fund raiser at the Kala Mandir.Kaveri was known as Maha Nartaki in her heyday and Golok Seth was performing a familial obligation by attending the event.
A forlorn Palash Sen sat pensively looking at the Chaat House wall calendar hanging crooked on the wall. Life had thrown a curve ball and the straight road was not so straight anymore. Wife Ruby was busy on the laptop summoning online strategies to deal with rebellious teens.
ARR the name that needs no elaboration celebrated his 45th birthday, January 6th with the video launch of his musical album 127 Hours in the company of Danny Boyle. Rahman scored for the song If I Rise in the film, based on real life events of mountain climber Aron Ralston.
The Vedic approach to diet prefers a vegetarian intake of earth’s bounty bathed in the goodness of sun to nourish the soul with divinity. Non-Vegetarian sources of nourishment have been considered lowerconsciousness foods by seers and an individual is encouraged to shift to higher consciousness foods as consciousness evolves. The logic behind this advice is simple.
Captain Van Rijn could barely tolerate rookie First Officer Aalbert De Groot. In his disdain he barely muttered De Groot if he ever had to take his name. Aalbert a large man befitting his surname patiently tolerated the put downs clutching a figurine of Mother Mary given to him by his maternal grandmother, Oma Ans, a rebellious descendant of
Mrs. Green dusted the charpoy in the living room as she adjusted her cummerbund. It had been a long year and Tiffany was coming home for the holidays. Charlie Green a veteran tea grower from Darjeeling had long passed away and Liz Green, now the venerable Mrs.Green had settled down in Bow Street, Kolkata a city she fell in love while visiting the mainland for spring breaks.
Bibhas and Bidisha just completed their seventh anniversary and somehow felt the charge draining out of their marriage. Bidisha no longer jumped at the door bell more than she jumped when she saw spiders. Bibhas was not interested in long nights of sweet nothings, instead falling off to long sleeps after bowlful of sweet dishes.
