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Double bill of films set in India. In 'The Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel (2011), John Madden directs an all-star cast of Judi Dench,
Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Ronald
Pickup and Tom Wilkinson as a group of mature Brits who travel to
India looking for a sunnier climate in which to retire. Despite its
glossy publicity campaign, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel for the
Elderly and Beautiful turns out to be rather different from the
refurbished luxury hotel advertised in the brochures. However, as
the previously lonely people grow closer, the hotel soon begins to
reveal some unexpected charms of its own. 'Life of Pi' (2012) is an
Academy Award-winning fantasy adventure based on Yann Martel's
Booker Prize-winning novel. Suraj Sharma stars as Pi Patel, a
16-year-old zookeeper's son from Pondicherry who finds himself
stranded on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean in the company of a
hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger following the
shipwreck of the freighter on which he and his family were sailing
for Canada. Over the course of several months Pi manages to survive
on the meagre supplies of food and water he finds on the boat, and
also takes up fishing, while in his half-delirious state he muses
on various aspects of animal behaviour, religion and the meaning of
life.
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Ang Lee directs this Academy Award-winning fantasy adventure based
on Yann Martel's Booker Prize-winning novel. Suraj Sharma stars as
Pi Patel, a 16-year-old zookeeper's son from Pondicherry who finds
himself stranded on a small boat in the Pacific Ocean in the
company of a hyena, a zebra, an orangutan and a Bengal tiger
following the shipwreck of the freighter on which he and his family
were sailing for Canada. Over the course of several months Pi
manages to survive on the meagre supplies of food and water he
finds on the boat, and also takes up fishing, while in his
half-delirious state he muses on various aspects of animal
behaviour, religion and the meaning of life. The film won Academy
Awards for Best Director (Ang Lee) and Best Cinematography (Claudio
Miranda), as well as an Academy Award and a Golden Globe for Best
Original Score - Motion Picture (Mychael Danna) and two BAFTAs.
The Ahmadiyya Muslim community represents the followers of Mirza
Ghulam Ahmad (1835-1908), a charismatic leader whose claims of
spiritual authority brought him into conflict with most other
Muslim leaders of the time. The controversial movement originated
in rural India in the latter part of the 19th century and is best
known for challenging current conceptions of Islamic orthodoxy.
Despite missionary success and expansion throughout the world,
particularly in Western Europe, North America, and parts of Africa,
Ahmadis have effectively been banned from Pakistan. Adil Hussain
Khan traces the origins of Ahmadi Islam from a small Sufi-style
brotherhood to a major transnational organization, which many
Muslims believe to be beyond the pale of Islam.
The first complete study of a little known Muslim presence in
Europe. Since 9/11, the interest in Muslims in Europe has increased
significantly. There has been much public debate and academic
research focused on Muslims living in larger Western European
countries like Britain, France or Germany, but little is known of
Muslims in Ireland. This book fills the gap, providing a complete
study of this unexplored Muslim presence, from the arrival of the
first Muslim resident in Cork, in the southwest of Ireland, in 1784
until mass immigration to the Republic of Ireland during the
'Celtic Tiger' period from the mid 1990s onwards. Muslim
immigration and settlement in Ireland is very recent, and poses new
challenges to a society that has perceived itself as religiously
and culturally homogeneous. Ireland is also one of the least
secular societies in Europe, providing a different context for
Muslims seeking recognition by state and society. This book is
essential for anyone who wants to understand the diversity of
Muslim presences across Europe. It makes an important and original
contribution to understanding the diversity of Muslim presences in
different national contexts across Europe; combines historical,
sociological and ethnographic research methods to provide a rich
and multi faceted study of the Muslim presence in Ireland in its
historical and contemporary dimensions; provides insights into the
dynamics of interaction between Muslims and state and society in
one of the least secular societies in Europe and illustrates the
central role European networks of the Muslim Brotherhood have
played in organising and representing Muslim communities in Europe,
with Ireland being a prime example.
Cucurbits including bottle gourd, sponge gourd, bitter gourd,
pumpkin and cucumber are important vegetables around the world.
Different viral diseases adversely affect cucurbit production.
Cucumber green mottle mosaic virus (CGMMV) is an important seed
transmitted virus of cucurbits. CGMMV was widespread in cucurbit
crops of the studied regions of Pakistan. Coat protein gene of the
detected isolate from Pakistan (CGMMV-Pak) had a very high
similarity with isolates from other regions of the world. Amino
acid sequence was highly conserved. No diversity was observed in
coat protein gene sequence of CGMMV-Pak with the other sequences
based on phylogenetic relationship. Certain dry heat and chemical
treatments of infected bottle gourd seeds were found effective in
inactivating virus particles and checked seed transmission of
CGMMV. Findings presented in this book will be useful to students,
scientists and cucurbit producers in many regions of the world.
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