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Post of odds and ends
Jan. 22nd, 2015 05:38 pmToday is the day which was set for the re-hearing of the case of Irom Sharmila Chanu, imprisoned and force-fed since 2000 for her hunger-strike protest against the dangerous and damaging Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958. I can't see anything on the internet about what's happening, but if any of you have any spare prayers, or good thoughts (or even political influence!) to throw in, now would be a good time.
editing to put in these just-arrived links. Her release has been ordered. As alocal Amnesty Internation director says:
“The judgement must end the farcical cycle of arrest and re-arrest that this brave activist has faced for so long. Authorities must not detain Irom Sharmila again, but engage with the issues she is raising.”
http://www.firstpost.com/india/manipur-court-orders-release-irom-sharmila-2059387.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/court-orders-release-of-indian-activist-irom-sharmila-chanu-1421917426
And here, it's the run-up to Tet - there's only one more full moon left in the Year of the Horse, and then it will be the Year of the Goat. Shops are starting to fill with Tet-related food gifts, people are bustling around getting their houses clean or fixed or painted, ads on television are taking on a family-reunion feel - and work is starting to (in some cases) slow down, because once Tet hits, nothing much will happen for days.
Meanwhile, a few odds and ends:
I was sorry to read that this innocent and seldom-seen creature, lost, and way out of its depth, has been labelled as "terrifying", purely because it is in the journo's eyes, "deeply unpleasant to look at'? ("out of its depth" in that it is usually found in much deeper waters - far too deep to be any threat to human beings.)
LJ user asakiyume (and several other frequenters of these boards) has an e-book in this story-bundle! The set looks fabulous, and includes several award-winning writers. Go, indie publishers! \o/
And just to round off the post, my earnest slog through a serious grown-up's book, the Nobel-prize-winning My Name is Red, is starting (at 120 pages in) to pay off. I still don't care much about who murdered Elegant (not a spoiler - he starts off dead) nor about the tangled love lives of the widow (if she is a widow) and her suitors, but it did start to feel interesting about the conflict between art as worship and (Western?) individualism. :) More reports later on; it's quite a long book!
editing to put in these just-arrived links. Her release has been ordered. As alocal Amnesty Internation director says:
“The judgement must end the farcical cycle of arrest and re-arrest that this brave activist has faced for so long. Authorities must not detain Irom Sharmila again, but engage with the issues she is raising.”
http://www.firstpost.com/india/manipur-court-orders-release-irom-sharmila-2059387.html
http://www.wsj.com/articles/court-orders-release-of-indian-activist-irom-sharmila-chanu-1421917426
And here, it's the run-up to Tet - there's only one more full moon left in the Year of the Horse, and then it will be the Year of the Goat. Shops are starting to fill with Tet-related food gifts, people are bustling around getting their houses clean or fixed or painted, ads on television are taking on a family-reunion feel - and work is starting to (in some cases) slow down, because once Tet hits, nothing much will happen for days.
Meanwhile, a few odds and ends:
I was sorry to read that this innocent and seldom-seen creature, lost, and way out of its depth, has been labelled as "terrifying", purely because it is in the journo's eyes, "deeply unpleasant to look at'? ("out of its depth" in that it is usually found in much deeper waters - far too deep to be any threat to human beings.)
LJ user asakiyume (and several other frequenters of these boards) has an e-book in this story-bundle! The set looks fabulous, and includes several award-winning writers. Go, indie publishers! \o/
And just to round off the post, my earnest slog through a serious grown-up's book, the Nobel-prize-winning My Name is Red, is starting (at 120 pages in) to pay off. I still don't care much about who murdered Elegant (not a spoiler - he starts off dead) nor about the tangled love lives of the widow (if she is a widow) and her suitors, but it did start to feel interesting about the conflict between art as worship and (Western?) individualism. :) More reports later on; it's quite a long book!
