![]() The majority of those who joined the police came from rural Maharashtra, and they brought their language and expressions with them, Dhoble said. ![]() The recipient of such a contract might say, “kamachi supari aali ahey (we have got the contract for the work)”. ![]() Subsequently, paan-supari was given to signal commitment to a deal or contract - such as one to build or repair a house. How did supari come to have the connotation of a contract - though not necessarily one for murder?Īccording to retired Mumbai Police ACP Vasant Dhoble, who joined the force in the mid 70s, the connotation comes from a tradition in rural Maharashtra of inviting guests to a wedding with a paan and supari. ![]() However, supari is also slang for a gangland contract killing, and the word is sometimes understood to mean a hit job that does not involve murder, but is intended to slander, defame, humiliate, or harass a political or ideological rival. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() My thesis plans on analyzing how the visibility of racialized and gendered bodies, especially those made visible for entertainment, are intertwined within the ontometaphysically violent process of obliterating the Other, particularly the black nonbeing. ![]() The phrase acts as a kind of perceptible measure for the assumed racial progress of civil society, as the presence of black bodies in powerful positions attempts to serve as verification that the horrors of slavery and genocide are simply the unfortunate effects of past mistakes rather than an enduring legacy of gratuitous violence. Representation Matters is an utterance that is often evoked to uncover the ways globalized anti-blackness constructs forms of exclusion within media and culture. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
![]() …it reminded me of Jeffrey Archer books, as like him it did not get bogged down in detail, allowing a flowing story that gripped me and kept me reading. …a gripping tale of family, loss and redemption and the machinations of the international system that can stand as obstacles to the pursuit of what is right. Very cleverly written and it highlights a serious issue. ![]() Then as the story progressed and the characters started to develop, the road changes direction and I’m driving on the wrong side going in the wrong direction. ![]() I started down the good/bad, right/wrong road. Amazon US, 5-Star ReviewĬouldn’t put this book down. This was one of those dangerous books I grabbed for a relaxing bedtime read and it turned into almost an all nighter. Kirkus Reviews & Kirkus’ Publishing Industry Magazine Warren Pole, former Features & Investigation writer for The Times, Telegraph, Guardian and Mail on Sunday newspapersĪn engaging tale highlighting the tensions of diplomatic immunity and introducing a surprisingly endearing hero. ![]() I read a lot of thrillers and this is up there with the best while genuinely outclassing plenty of major household names. ![]() ![]() Perhaps this … connection … with Walpole is her way of profiting from it nonetheless.’ But Cloisterman went by sea from Leghorn. ‘She had no more use for you once the Green Book was gone, then. What did you think she meant to do when you left Rome?’ Estelle, with Walpole? It was not possible. It-’ Spandrel stopped and stared into the fire. ![]() ‘Estelle de Vries.’ McIlwraith refilled Spandrel’s brandy glass. One of them’s the same as yours, as a matter of fact. ‘Oh, he has his weaknesses, never doubt it. ‘Wait and see.’ McIlwraith’s smile grew wistful. ‘Aren’t I more trustworthy than Walpole, man? Aren’t I just about the only one you can trust in all this?’ But if he told him the truth … he was also finished. If he lied to Walpole and Walpole found out, he was finished. Off the hook? Spandrel did not feel as if he was. ‘I’m doing you a favour, Spandrel, though God knows why I should. ![]() ![]() ‘Because by then Walpole will have more important things to worry about. ![]() ![]() To her horror, the information she acquires only makes her situation more dangerous. But it means taking one last job for her ex-employers. When her former handler offers her a way out, she realises it's her only chance to erase the giant target on her back. They've killed the only other person she trusted, but something she knows still poses a threat. Now she rarely stays in the same place or uses the same name for long. ![]() And when they decided she was a liability, they came for her without warning. An expert in her field, she was one of the darkest secrets of an agency so clandestine it doesn't even have a name. government, but very few people ever knew that. It did, however, interest me enough to keep me turning the pages. I suspect if Stephenie Meyer had REALLY grabbed my attention I would have read it in a very long sitting, but The Chemist didn’t quite get there for me. ![]() As a result it took me three nights to get through. ![]() But a bit long for someone with the attention span of a gnat. ![]() ![]() ![]() #ythelastman #fx #ampersand #poopĪ post shared by Brian K. Anyway, stay tuned, very good (monkey) shit coming your way soon. ![]() this far, especially Michael Green and Aïda Croal. TV is goddamn hard, and if the last 17 years have taught co-creator and me anything, it’s that our story is particularly challenging to adapt, so I’m very grateful to everyone who’s helped get Yorick & Co. ![]() The show must go on! Sorry for two Hollywood sellout posts in one day, but I just got back from the writers’ room for Y (still coming to FX in 2020!), and I’m very pleased to say the series is in excellent hands with new showrunner and her intimidating squad of all-stars. ![]() ![]() ![]() Paul Kemp (Johnny Depp) is the Thompson of this story, an American expatriate who has gotten a job in Puerto Rico at the San Juan Star, a newspaper that caters to American tourists living in their bubble of hotel casinos. Johnny Depp’s portrayal of a young Thompson finding his voice and reinventing himself as the man who will change the face of American journalism, makes “The Rum Diary” worth every minute. ![]() Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, the writer and director of the iconic “Withnail and I,” “Rum Diary” has its flaws but they certainly don’t outweigh the film’s strengths. With many of the funniest scenes oddly missing (don’t hold your breath for the opening airplane scene), only three lines taken from the story, the melding of characters, and a weak plot, the film is a very strange thing but not in the way you may hope. The film is more so an interpretation of the 1959 novel than a direct adaptation. The story follows the author trying desperately to reconcile serious reporting with his darker impulses, all while trying to build confidence in his voice as a writer. Thompson, the iconic Gonzo journalist that carved his name in history as a pillar of dirty truths, “Rum Diary” is a loose portrayal of Thompson’s foray into newspaper journalism in Puerto Rico. Having been finished for two years, “The Rum Diary” has finally been released. ![]() ![]() ![]() The religious aspects purports to address all religions, but it’s very Judeo-Christian in focus. It’s also about religion and some serious topics – but more shallowly treated than I recalled. ![]() As a middle-aged adult, I found it juvenile and dull. As a teenager, it was probably titillating. I’d forgotten just how much of the book was about sex. Re-reading God of Tarot, though, I’m not so sure. I blamed it in part on Anthony, like Heinlein and others before him, losing focus and getting too caught up in sex as he aged. I tried a new Xanth book recently, Isis Orb, and it wasn’t any better. I kept on with Anthony for quite some time, but eventually, my favorite – and his most popular – series, Xanth, just got too silly, and I couldn’t take it anymore. It got me mildly and briefly in tarot as an entertainment. I remember reading the Tarot series, borrowed from a relative, fairly early on in our acquaintance. There were puns! There were extensive, autobiographical author notes. From A Spell for Chameleon on, his books addressed serious issues directly, approachably, and with a sense of humor. I was a fan of Piers Anthony, growing up. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Wood encounters indigenous tribes in Mexico, revolutionaries in a Nicaraguan refugee camp, fellow explorers, and migrants heading toward the United States. Levison Wood’s famous walking expeditions have taken him from the length of the Nile River to the peaks of the Himalayas, and in Walking the Americas, Wood chronicles his latest exhilarating adventure: a 1,800-mile trek across the spine of the Americas, through eight countries, from Mexico to Colombia.īeginning in the Yucatán-and moving south through Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama-Wood’s journey takes him from sleepy barrios to glamorous cities to ancient Mayan ruins lying unexcavated in the wilderness. ![]() |