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  1. The Global. Behind the Beautiful Forevers is an attempt to go beyond the popular narrative of India as a rising global power experiencing an economic boom that is uplifting all of its citizens. The source of the book’s title is a concrete wall plastered with ads for ceramic tiles that will stay “beautiful forever”—this wall is intended ...

  2. people had retreated to their huts. Now, among the feral pigs, water buffalo, and the usual belly-down splay of alcoholics, there seemed to be just one watchful presence: a small, unspookable boy

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  4. Men rush across the street and break down the door where they find Fatima inside, having set herself on fire and then doused the flames. Setting one’s self on fire has a long history in India. Most famous is the practice of sati, in which a widow set herself on fire during her late husband’s funeral.

  5. Plot Summary. “Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity” intricately details the lives of several residents in Annawadi, a slum near Mumbai’s international airport, against the backdrop of India’s economic growth. — Exposition: The book introduces us to Annawadi, a slum shadowed by luxury hotels ...

  6. Mar 12, 2015 · behind the beautiful - book by Katherine Boo. Addeddate 2015-03-12 14:21:10.368817 Identifier BehindTheBeautifulForevers-KatherineBoo

  7. What makes a poem beautiful? We use computational methods to compare the stylis-tic and content features employed by award-winning poets and amateur poets. Building upon existing techniques designed to quanti-tatively analyze style and affect in texts, we examined elements of poetic craft such as dic-tion, sound devices, emotive language, and ...

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