![]() ![]() She contributed significantly in the field of character sketches and personal essays. She served as a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament of India from 3 April 1952 to 2 April 1958 representing Bombay State as a member of the Indian National Congress. She was a member of erstwhile Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1946. Kissing scenes were not uncommon in Indian films till the 1950s it was largely due to her movement that they vanished. In 1954, she moved a resolution to prohibit screening of 'undesirable' films and obscene scenes, which was adopted by the House following which the government amended the Cinematograph Act in 1959. ![]() In the 1950s, she founded the Society for the Prevention of Unhealthy Trends in Motion Pictures in Bombay. She was imprisoned by the British authorities for her activism. She participated in the Salt Satyagraha and the Civil Disobedience Movement. ![]() Since the 1920s, she was associated with the Indian independence movement. Lilavati was born on in a Gujarati Jain family of Keshavlal. She was a member of the Bombay Legislative Assembly from 1937 to 1946 and the Rajya Sabha from 1952 to 1958 as a member of the Indian National Congress. Lilavati Munshi was an Indian politician and Gujarati essayist. ![]()
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![]() Art grad student, Gretchen Rice, was engrossed in studies when an armed man appeared in the library and threatens her, demanding to know, “Where is the coin?” Zach and Gretchen collide in the hallway, an encounter that pits them together in a race to determine the origin of the coin. ![]() Archeology professor by day and a collector of coins by night, Zach Selmon was puzzled by this piece of silver and concerned about the old friend who sent it. Miller, author of “Frozen Agenda,” a High-Risk Agenda novel.Ī strange coin leads two strangers on a daring journey to an uncharted island, because someone is being followed and it has something to do with the coin. In this episode 290, we visit with USA Today bestselling author Maureen A. ![]() Podcast: Download (Duration: 35:15 - 32.3MB) ![]() ![]() ![]() The story is about the elevated terrors experienced by an unnamed prisoner in a torture chamber, sentenced to death by sinister judges of the Spanish Inquisition. Nevermind the most terrifying feature, a glowing pit of fire. The Cell - OK, the prison cell isn't a character per se, but it is a mysterious, transformative (and shrinking) torture chamber that makes for an interesting dynamic in the story. ![]() The Rats - The unlikely heroes of the story, who chew the prisoner's bindings loose so he can escape the descending pendulum before it slices him to death. General Lasalle - Napoleon's general who rescues the Inquisition prisoner from his torturers just in the nick of time. ![]() Judges - The seven judges who condemn the prisoner to torture and death. Unnamed Prisoner - The narrator is condemned to death by sinister judges, supposedly during the Spanish Inquisition, who incarcerate him in a hellish prison cell, where he experiences terror after terror. ![]() ![]() His name was Robert Jorisch and he was a technical consultant that worked for the British Sugar Corporation at the sugar beet factory in town. Norah eventually moved on and got married to her second husband in 1949. ![]() Later she would get married to Geoffrey Lofts in 1931. She attended Norwich Training College and received her teaching diploma in 1925. Norah attended Guildhall Feoffment Girls School in town and then County Grammar School for Girls. She would spend her childhood in Bury St. Her parents were Ethel Garner and Isaac Robinson. Norah was born Augin Shipdham, Norfolk, in the United Kingdom. She is known for writing under the pen names also of Peter Curtis and Juliet Astley. In the twentieth century, she was a best selling writer. Norah Lofts was a British author of fiction. Rupert Hatton's Story / Rupert Hatton's Tales The Maude Reed Tale / Story of Maude Reed The Witches / The Little Wax Doll / The Devil's Own (As: Peter Curtis) ![]() Michael and All Angels / The Golden FleeceĪfternoon ofan Autocrat / The Devil in Clevely / The Deadly Gift Bride of Moat House / Dead March in Three Keys / No Question of Murder (As:Peter Curtis) ![]() ![]() ![]() Q: As a physician and writer, how do the two coexist for you?Ī: I have always been a reader and lover of mysteries/thrillers. He can quote the rapper Biggie Smalls as easily as he can Chaucer. ![]() ![]() Most of all, he doesn’t take himself too seriously. He’s tough and smart and sarcastic, but he struggles in romance and a complicated relationship with his father. He has this insatiable desire to make wrongs right, even when it’s an uphill struggle or everyone else is content with simply leaving things where they are. Ashe Cayne is the kind of guy I would want as a friend, a guy I would watch a game with or sit for hours and talk to over a plate of bbq brisket and fries. ![]() So I wanted to create that character, a hero in our times who was determined to pursue justice at all costs. What if he stood his ground on his personal integrity, even if it meant going against his brothers in blue. I thought about what would’ve happened had one of the officers who was present at the time come clean earlier and refuse to participate in the coverup. Q: How did you come up with the idea for The Unspoken, and for your character Ashe Cayne?Ī: I remember watching the news about the shooting of the unarmed man in Chicago named Laquan McDonald. His other books include The Blackbird Papers and The Ancient Nine. Smith is the author of the new novel The Unspoken. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The poet was unbothered, saying: "I think if you're a creative person, you should just go about your business, do your work and not care about how it's received." 8.75'' X 7''. Winner of the 1984 William Allen White Children's Book Award, A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC was the occasional target of censorship for, allegedly, encouraging children to break dishes ("How Not To Have To Dry The Dishes") and threaten to die of broken hearts in order to get their way ("Little Abigail and the Beautiful Pony"). Silverstein's assured style and strength of personality enabled him to pull off the rare trick of writing more than one classic - classics not only inflicted on children by nostalgic parents, but loved by children themselves. Silverstein's illustrated verses, combining his singular voice and instinct for whimsy with the slightest, mostly buried hint of a mean streak. Inscribed later printing of Silverstein's beloved second collection of children's poetry. ![]() |