bennett has witnessed two rounds of practice with hinduism and buddhism. one tree to the links on them beneath them. in the ancient city is facing trial. the exhibition also features the disco christian klein and sunfish the stokes is from vietnam and cambodia and malaysia is also on display the exhibition is ambitious than sixty books the new boss would charge a fortune in part direct hit from the source countries. we bought together it only excel pools of well documented the politics of men to recover never confuse ago some friends. which is the one in the way worse because of that era attempt to redefine our understanding of the only southeast asia of which i mean southeastern to promote it to the end of the eccentric. he loves kingdoms exhibition will be on display in new york maple fourteen to twenty seven three fourteen. its senior prom night it is a retelling of cedar. but its senior citizens that took center stage at the dance floor not just senior high school students. the graduating class at northwest high school organized a special time as a way

it probably dates to around the fourth century a.d., and it bears witness to the practice of .oth hinduism buddhism both things were coexisting in what appears to be a harmonious way. >> closed off to the west and other military dictatorship until three years ago, burma is in the midst of political and economic transition. the exhibition puts together some 160 pieces of the ancient asian art, including some from thailand, vietnam, and cambodia. >> kiev launches what it calls program to -- t any signs of force in the region could tip ukraine into civil war. oscar pistorius takes the stand for a second day. and a crushing defeat for the main separatist party in quÉbec, and their hopes for independence. the liberals in favor of canadian unity when the legislative elections. time to take a look at what is grabbing headlines around the world. a lot of the papers are focusing on the elections in india, dubbed the biggest election ever , that started yesterday. >> that is the front page of the hindu times. approximately five hundred 43 -- the number of seats in the lower house of parliament that

but just a group of right wing hindu group that said the sentiments were hurt by herblock gone hinduism. so they pulled back which i into many other people. at least they would have the resources to fight. other people do not. there was a criminal case against me for corrupting public morality. [laughter] i have to appear in court and by which time i had won the prize so they wanted to play me but not claim the book. so the judge would appear in said every time this case comes before me i get chest pains. [laughter] butted with don 10 years then with the threat of the second edition almost everything you write then you look for that brown envelope in the post. some person has filed a case somewhere. what has happened is not like you live in a dictatorship where the government has terrorized you and creative severs event literature. it is not that. the censorship is outsourced to the mob. so people can trash your house. trash your book launches that has happened several times with me. people came into anything with a little -- little bit timid to groups that take it upon themselves to do

what medgar could say about hinduism you can't say now, you know? i mean, it's almost unbelievable how little you can say now. and on the issue of when -- [inaudible] it was really sad because it wasn't even as if there was a court can case or a ban order or anything. it was a group of, right-wing hindu group that said sentiments were hurt by her book on hinduism, and penguin just sort of pulled back which frightened many other people. because, you know, at least penguin has the resources to fight a legal case. other people don't. i, when i wrote "the god of small things," five lawyers filed a criminal case against me for corrupting public morality. [laughter] and then, you know, i had to appear in court by which time i had won the booker prize, and so, you know, they kind of wanted to claim me but not claim the book. [laughter] so the judge would appear in court, and he'd say, he said once every time this case m comes before me, i get chest pains. [laughter] but it went on for ten years, you know? then, of course, there's this threat of sedition, a

the tensions that had ties relations between israel and palestine to saying that the existence of hinduism was hinting local could be considered as a small cough laugh that that is the option to use chinese oral and it to accept it. the cdc and it is. mikey is set up at the expense of the two taxis and judaism is now a shrine to the constitution. this makes the signing of any pill colonizing citizens having contracted is now unlikely meaning the moroccan she's students how to tease. at that stage moroccans jewish population numbered three hundred thousand today to speak thousand draft. many immigrants to israel in nineteen sixty seven to ten the sixteenth hole which i giving tensions between and arabs. but this light it up with pasta broken geezer main town and double identity and editing some full text of sensitivity to reach the sky and i think system. i'm pasting a kill in the chain one in tax . a french court has issued a landmark and dixon took twenty eight year old moroccan liked it forming the controversial mill still it was stored in the port a cynical smile confessed criminal conv

quite often, buddhism and hinduism are given gentle treatment. i remember reporting a lot on induism that gives a different face to it than the one we often see in america, in boulder. it is an ongoing challenge and i think it is right that some religions are possibly treated more gently than others. of course, it also depends on where you're coming from and which media you're talking about. it isn't purely religion, but in america it seems that israel is given more positive treatment in the press and it is quite the opposite in europe. that is an ongoing issue about that and the bbc often has to find itself answering to arguments and reports on whether it is reporting on conflict in the middle east and the sick terry and religious overtones are fair and balanced and that is an ongoing issue. >> do you have the last question? >> thank you for a lovely resentation. i just want to ask you from a practitioner's perspective because i work as an assistant roducer. i find it a bit hard to balance between the moderate views and the extremist because i h

probably dates from around the false entry to a t bone and it bears witness to the practice of both hinduism and buddhism comes to things book co existing in what appears to be in a harmonious way. it's often less than under a mini cake the cake to sleep until three years to get them right in the presence of political and economic transition. one of the spices come to this is another sign of the country's eighty two to the outside well. next week's edition puts together some one hundred and sixteen pieces of ancient asian art including some from behind and non canadian. alston said today the eye. all are. in eastern ukraine all the same pattern as crimea. this tuesday authorities struggling to regain control of government buildings in the cities of long's park even though he asked me as a political base ousted president victor gannett co bench. he's moscow making the move or simply piling on the pressure is to consolidate gains. pressure in the pipeline as well but the head of gazprom announcing a forty four percent price hike for ukraine ukraine which already owns the russian energy giant o

it's just a hindu group -- hindu group that said sentiments were heard by the book on hinduism is justpulled back which frightened many people because at least paying when houston resources to fight the legal case. other people don't. when i wrote the god of small things, five lawyers filed a criminal case against me for corrupting public morality. and then i have to appear in court, by which time it when they put prize. they wanted to clean me but not claim the book. since a judge would appear the court and he said every time this case come before me i get chest pains. but it went on for 10 years. of course there's this thread of sedition and almost everything you write or say -- what has happened is that you know it is not like you're living in a dictatorship with the government has terrorized you and us creating subversive than you do for literature. it's not that. what has happened is the censorship has been out source to the mob. so people can trash your house. they can trash your book vouchers as has happened with me several times. people can do anything. there's a subtle vigilan

is this not pretty much the same kind of stuff that hinduism was teaching six thousand years ago.i think it's similar and yet it that this similarity is that it development of consciousness i think the difference is that this is a goal that is it isn't specifically for it it's actually it's less than it is simple practice and i have done this and that grad students are very happy for it it's very clean and bare bones as a as a practice you know they call they don't thanks so much for being with us tonight. and now everything you know about the female orgasm is right. washington politicians here in the city they don't give a damn about you or me they only answer to billionaires and giant corporations and now we have the proof thanks to forty years of supreme court decisions american politics is no longer about the will of we the people. it's just about the money as a result we no longer have a functioning democracy in this country years of corporate friendly supreme court decisions from buckley to first national bank to citizens united have rigged and corrupted american politics so