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Why you should watch ‘Slumdog Millionaire’
Posted on January 30, 2009 - Filed Under Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music | 3 Comments
Slumdog Millionaire is, first and foremost, a modern-day fairy tale. It is a love story set in the urban jungle of Mumbai, India. The story is told in three major timelines — it is narrated in flashbacks from the moment the main character, a young game show contestant, gets interrogated by the police. Thanks to [...]
His story: Barack Obama and ‘the moment’
Posted on January 23, 2009 - Filed Under Current Affairs, Entertainment, Politics, Technology & The Net | 5 Comments
They came, they watched, they cheered — and cried. For millions of Bush-weary Americans, Jan. 20, 2009 was the moment: Barack Obama, 47, was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States and the first African-American president. It was on this wintry day when teary-eyed Obama supporters felt a renewed sense of hope [...]
