Indian Passion: A suitable life
THERE is a sense of conviction about Vikram Seth, of purpose, that has enabled him as a writer to take the road less travelled and arrive triumphant. His first novel, The Golden Gate, a story of love and loss among Californian yuppies, written when he was supposed to be studying economics at Stanford University, was composed entirely of rhyming sonnets. Even as he was writing it, friends and editors scoffed at the idea, but he was confident enough to incorporate their comments into the text -...
Indian Passion: MARKETS
Old Rice and Orange Prunes
Hawthorne Market and International Grocery, 24202 Hawthorne Blvd., Torrance, (310) 373-4448. Open 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Saturday, 9:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.Hawthorne Market may not be as impressive as the large department store that owner Shakour Hamidzadah left behind in Soviet-occupied Afghanistan, but it's the best Middle Eastern market in the South Bay.In 1978, Hamidzadah had just finished putting up a new five-story building in Kabul when Russian tanks rolled...
Indian Passion: SETTING OUT AFTER 'SEA'
SARANDON SPEAKS UP
PALATIAL POSTS
MISS UNIVERSE, DMD
'FOLLIES' A DEUX
MIA'S NEXT FLICK . . .
. . . AND WOODY'S NEXT LIFE
DOES THAT TRAIN COME WITH A WHISTLE?
QUOTE UNQUOTE
COUNTDOWN
Karina Lombard knows that beauty and the movies make for the longest relationship in Hollywood. ''I know I got hired for my looks,'' said the woman who began her career as a model for photographer Bruce Weber, ''but I think I stayed because I could act.'' In "Wide Sargasso Sea," Lombard plays the doomed heroine in director John Duigan's adaptation of Jean...
Indian Passion: THE GARDEN OG GOOD AND EVIL
Florida's image as a natural habitat for citrus trees, coconut palms and exotic flowers such as hibiscus and ginger is just that, an image. Oranges, coconuts and hibiscus are no more native to South Florida than blueberries or snowmen.Nearly a third of the plants in even the most ``natural'' parts of Florida are alien invaders, even if they appear nearly identical to what's supposed to be there. In Everglades National Park, for instance, a...