Topic: Poetry
AP Features | 2009-12-31 17:19:00
<div><p>Ruth Lilly, a prolific philanthropist who was the last surviving great-grandchild of pharmaceutical magnate Eli Lilly, has died at age 94.</p><p>A family spokesman said Lilly died Wednesday in Indianapolis.</p><p>Over the course of her life, the Indianapolis native gave away much ...
isnare | 2009-12-29 07:55:04
The following day more callers arrive, many bringing small gifts of money to help defray funeral expenses. A family member receives such offerings and keeps a list of contributions so that reciprocal offerings may be made during future funerals.<br><br>The body is removed to the temple on the day of the funeral. Within a ...
AP News | 2009-12-27 08:54:42
<div id="subtitle">Poet, anti-apartheid activist Dennis Brutus dies at 85; was jailed with Mandela in S. Africa</div><div><p>South African poet and former political prisoner Dennis Brutus, who fought apartheid in words and deeds and remained an activist well after the fall of his country's racist system, has ...
ArticlesBase | 2009-12-20 00:11:06
Author: Kul Bhushan
Over half a century of contribution to popular culture by Chaman Lal Chaman was honoured at a glittering event in London recently. He was bestowed with the Asian Achievers Gold Award for Achievement in Media, Art and Culture by Baroness Shriti Vadera, an Advisor to G20 Presidency. Chaman was selected from a list of nominations by an ...
