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erronis

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6. Thanks for that reference, applegrove. Always looking to understand more than I currently do.
Thu Jun 25, 2020, 09:10 PM
Jun 2020

A link to that book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Behind_the_Beautiful_Forevers

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity is a non-fiction book written by the Pulitzer Prize-winner Katherine Boo in 2012. It won the National Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize among many others.[1][2] It has also been adapted into a play by David Hare in 2014, shown on National Theatre Live in 2015.[3] The book describes a present-day slum of Mumbai, India, named Annawadi, and located near the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. It follows the interconnected lives of several residents, including a young trash picker, a female "slumlord," and a college student.[4] The author is an American woman who often visited Mumbai with her husband, who was from the area and had a job in the city.


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Here in the states FBI Director Wray says the FBI is opening a new counterintelligence investigation MelissaB Jun 2020 #1
THe traitor is helping the Chinese destroy us...count on it Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #2
Most definitely. NT herding cats Jun 2020 #4
I'll guess that the traitor you're referring to for the US is McConnell. Altho trump fits the bill. erronis Jun 2020 #5
The Chinese are ****ing crazy. They are holding two canadians hostage applegrove Jun 2020 #3
Thanks for that reference, applegrove. Always looking to understand more than I currently do. erronis Jun 2020 #6
She studied and listened to the stories and lives of the residents of that slum for years i think. applegrove Jun 2020 #7
Thanks for the link. It's bookmarked . Budi Jun 2020 #8
And the difference in the way the 2 Michaels EllieBC Jun 2020 #14
They did nothing wrong too so it is a false comparison in any way. She lied applegrove Jun 2020 #16
Does this relate to Huawi & the Trudeau/Trump standoff? Budi Jun 2020 #9
I'm vague. I work in synthesizing rather than analyzing. So i'm no expert. applegrove Jun 2020 #10
Certainly. I'm clearly out of my league with Chinese history & corruption Budi Jun 2020 #12
Yes. Corruption is the enemy of all democracies. Let's learn from places applegrove Jun 2020 #13
Yes, and never leave our country so vulnerable again. Budi Jun 2020 #15
+1 applegrove Jun 2020 #17
K&R UTUSN Jun 2020 #11
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