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Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag

 Against Interpretation by Susan Sontag was first published in 1961. It is hard in 2020, to accept that this was almost 60 years ago, especiall y since many of the works reviewed in this volume of criticism, containing essays as late as 1966, would probably not make it into the mainstream today. If - and if must be repeated for emphasis - if the objects of her criticism in the 1960s were manifestations of the current mainstream in the arts, then 60 years ago, at least to this reader, then contemporary theatre, film and art of today seem much more conventional, even conservative. No-one now, it seems, takes risks. There are names that remain familiar in Susan Son tag's critiques. We have a Genet, Sartre, Camus, Ionesco, Godard, Brooke, Arthur Miller, but there are many others who would now claim only anonymity. But what is truly interesting is how reluctant Susan Sontag is even to mention trends from popular culture, the term I personally regard as a misnomer. Indeed, the essays ar...
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Story of Hope

 FORMER Witness and award-winning journalist Nivashni Nair-Sukdhev has written the first of many books to come (one hopes). It is a personal account that tells of the remarkable nexus between faith and science leading to triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds. This book is not a self-help book on how to make babies. Got it! Instead it's a play on Facebook's daily question to prod you to post: "What's on your mind?" She has with wit, and rare wisdom, cleverly transcribed a digital social-media diary into the traditional medium of a book. On the surface, it is about infertility and the leading cause thereof, Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS). While it can be considered an official PCOS c ampaign manuscript, it isn' t a textbook or a medical journal article, but, instead, part memoir and part romantic adventure. Mostly, however, it is a story of hope, love and heartache. Nair Sukdhev shares the beautiful story of her upbringing in the sleepy hollow of the ...
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What Are Meaningful Website Maintenance

 Web design companies have only recently started offering meaningful website maintenance and monitoring services to their clients. Most of the times, these services only include website performance monitoring, reports of visits and hits and uptime monitoring. In today's competitive world, websites play a very important role in deciding the future of a business. It can make or break a company's reputation and identity in the online market. While it is important to give importance to design, content and SEO of a website, it has become important for companies to look into website monitoring services Importance of Uptime Monitoring of a Website Your site must be up and running at all times. It will not be good for your business if your website is down when someone finds a link to you website or decides to check you website out and finds that your site is down. This may create a negative impression of how your business works among your potential customers. Websites that are down...
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