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Friday, October 7, 2011. We had to sit two chairs apart. I think I passed; it was a pass-fail situation. As a reward I get to hear Ravi Shankar, my first time live, probably his last at the SF Jazz. If this existed amongst the Greeks and Romans, it surely was buried by the time I came round. Photograph 2008, Lucey Bowen. Tuesday, September 20, 2011.
Janet Brown and her friends review books that take place in, or provide history about, Asia. 1 Meeting Faith by Faith Adiele. 2 The Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng. 4 Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra. 5 The Gate by Francois Bizot. 6 The Last Days of Old Beijing by Michael Meye. 7 Sichuan Cooking by Fuchsia Dunlop. 8 India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha. 9 Red Dust by Ma Jian.