Vietnamese poems for mothers

From Hatigaon to Namghar in Guwahati, locals lit up streets with candles and earthen lamps on the evening of December 14 in the memory of 17-year-old Sam Stafford, who died in an alleged firing incident in the city two days ago.Sam was injured in the incident at Namghar street intersection on December 12. He later succumbed to bullet injuries at a hospital.A drummer, he was returning from Latasil playground, where noted singer Zubeen Garg performed in solidarity with protesters against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA).Close The teen's family members, friends and All Assam Students' Union (AASU) activists gathered at the intersection this evening to remember him. related news Mamata warns of strict action amid vandalism across Bengal over citizenship law 10 held from 2 boats off Mumbai coast with US dollars, drugs On one side of the bridge, candles and incense sticks were lit before portraits of Sam clipped to a 'gamocha' -- a traditional Assamese scarf.Sam, who had … [Read more...] about People light candles for Sam in Guwahati; AASU leader meets family

The next time you eat a burrito, it might come wrapped up in a poem or a little philosophy from a Harvard professor. Starting today, Chipotle will be rolling out a new line of oddly literary packaging–bags and cups printed with new writing both from authors you might find in the New Yorker as well as comedians like Sarah Silverman. advertisement advertisement The project was the brainchild of author Jonathan Safran Foer, who happened to eat lunch in a Chipotle restaurant one day by himself, and started wishing he had something to read. He knew people at the company–who’d reached out after Foer wrote Eating Animals, a book about factory farming–and decided to suggest his idea: What if Chipotle’s packaging was more like a book or a magazine? “That’s how it started–it wasn’t actually our idea,” says Mark Crumpacker, the company’s chief marketing officer. “It was really because Jonathan was bored one day at … [Read more...] about Chipotle’s New Packaging Might Be The Most Interesting Thing You Read Today