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  1. One of India's preeminent literary critics, Meenakshi Mukherjee, has died. RIP: http://beta.thehindu.com/news/national/article21204.ece
  2. Via Shashwati, a fascinating Tehelka profile of Arun Shourie. http://bit.ly/XgGQt
  3. Yet another nightmare immigration detention story in the Times. http://bit.ly/7qg3o
  4. Via Siddhartha, Harvard professor asserts right to graze cow in Harvard Yard. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125256112015498671.html
  5. Previous quote by Oscar Wilde @islamoyankee @Electrostani
  6. "No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them isn't true
  7. Faculty at UC schools threaten walkouts & vote of no confidence in face of furloughs & 8% salary cut: http://berkeleycuts.org/?p=21
  8. Just once, I want to see Nana Pathekar in a non-gangster role- a meek and deferential academic, perhaps? Eccentric uncle in a Govinda flick?
  9. Texas school board will politicize social studies, history textbooks. Gingrich and Limbaugh, yes; liberals, no. http://bit.ly/Hzt05
  10. Via Sepoy, C.M. Naim eviscerates Urdu-language columnists in Pakistani newspapers. http://bit.ly/PCxBI
  11. Armond White disliked District 9, earning fanboy wrath. Ebert defends White, who is black. RT @Naunihal @ebogjonson http://bit.ly/130QsQ
  12. Bruce Robbins on Charles Taylor on secularism in N+1. http://bit.ly/LzLYu
  13. Beautiful new photos of Sri Lanka by Gurinder Osan. Along with gorgeous scenes, folks in fenced refugee camp: http://bit.ly/21LfH6
  14. South Asian Gays and Lesbians (SALGA) not welcome at Indian Independence Day Parade in NYC: http://bit.ly/L4QEc
  15. Michael Vick w/Eagles?What about Mcnabb?http://bit.ly/YJ9RG
  16. My fall 2009 courses at Lehigh: "Global English" and "Converts and Rebels." http://bit.ly/8547e
  17. Saqib Ali, first Muslim elected to the Maryland state assembly, takes a public stand for marriage equality: http://bit.ly/qQ12K
  18. Me on "The Jungle Book, Revisited." Thoughts on Disney, Kipling, allegories of Race. http://bit.ly/ANNee
  19. The Kominas to be featured on CNN August 13 ("Generation Islam"). Text story here: http://bit.ly/Fq8vr
  20. Listening to Niladri Kumar, "Priority by Desert Rain." Trying to decide whether I like it or not. Mellow Asian underground (elevator music?)