Thukpa

Thukpa edited the glossary entries of Radio Shangri-La Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

• Added a term: Kira: Traditional Bhutanese dress for women.
• marked the description of Kira as not a spoiler
• Added a term: Gho: Traditional Bhutanese dress for men.
• marked the description of Gho as not a spoiler
• Added a term: emadatse: Spicy, cheese-based dish served in Bhutan.
• marked the description of emadatse as not a spoiler

Thukpa edited the glossary entries of Radio Shangri-La Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

• Added a term: Kuzu zampo: Dzongkha (Bhutanese language,) for hello.
• marked the description of Kuzu zampo as not a spoiler

Thukpa edited the first sentence of Radio Shangri-La Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

• The approach to the most sacred monastery in the Kingdom of Bhutan is steep and winding and, especially as you near the top, treacherous.

Thukpa edited the table of contents of Radio Shangri-La Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

• Preface: Three Good Things

  1. The Thunderbolt, Part One
  2. "Welcome, Jane!"
  3. Radio Shangri-La
  4. Beware the Emadatse
  5. God of the Night
  6. Bhutan on the Border, or, the Start-up Country
  7. The Symphony of Love
  8. My Best Friends in the World Right Now
  9. The Thunderbolt, Part Two
  10. Dawn of Democracy
  11. America 101: "That's Cool"
  12. Baby Watch

  Postscript

  Epilogue: Loose Motion

  Acknowledgments

  Selected Bibliography

Thukpa edited the links to supplemental material of Radio Shangri-La Wednesday, June 1, 2011.

• Added a link: Lisa Napoli: Author and Journalist (http://lisanapoli.com/) :

Thukpa edited the first sentence of The Good Son Sunday, September 19, 2010.

• The phone rang at a little before one in the morning and I knew it was my mother.

Thukpa edited the memorable quotes of The Good Son Sunday, September 19, 2010.

• Added a quotation: “"Possibly, but we're not dead yet. A lot depends on who these people are. Islam is a very decentralized religion. Anyone can call himself a mujahid, a holy warrior. The movement attracts lots of people, from the sincerely religious to the insane or just bored kids looking for action. In the West, they race cars drunk or knock of convenience stores. Here they become mujahideen. At the edges, they blend into simple bandits, which this part of the world had always been famous for, but I don't get the message that our guys are like that."”Sonia Baily
• Added a quotation: “"Not at all. I'm perfectly sincere at the moment of prayer in either tradition. Surely you don't think God cares how we worship Him? And a mass, with its ritual motions and responses, is very much the same as salat, in the sense that humanity is one family, whether you call it umma or the Body of Christ, and it's important for us all to the the same thing with our bodies at the same time. Every believing Muslim in this time zone just did what I just did, and as the earth spins around today, so the tide of Fajr will flow with the light of day, and then another prayer at noon, Dhuhr, and then Ashr, Maghib, and Isha, five in all, today and every day. It's a pretty neat feeling, being engulfed in prayer and, despite individual differences between people, to be united in that one thing."”Sonia Baily

Thukpa edited the memorable quotes of How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets Monday, March 15, 2010.

• Added a quotation: “Not that the scar was brutal by itself. No. It was just a scar. But it stood for something greater, something that was both brutal and offensive to anyone who stands by the Whole Skull Theory: the theory that holds, that a skull, to be truly effective, should always remain intact.”Evan
• Added a quotation: “He says "gigs" like it's some kind of toy word, not used in the real world.”Evan

Thukpa edited the characters of Mare's War Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

• Changed the section title: Cast of Characters/Important People
• Added a character: Octavia: Mare's granddaughter
• marked the description of Octavia as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Mare (Marey Lee Boylen: Grandmother who served in WWII Women's Army Corp
• marked the description of Mare (Marey Lee Boylen as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Talitha: Mare's granddaughter
• marked the description of Talitha as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Peaches
• Added a character: Edna Mae Boylen: Mare's mother
• marked the description of Edna Mae Boylen as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Feen, Josey, Josephine Boylen: Mare's sister
• marked the description of Feen, Josey, Josephine Boylen as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Miss Ida: White employer of Mare before she leaves Bay Slough for the army.
• marked the description of Miss Ida as not a spoiler
• Added a character: Lieutenant Hundley

Thukpa edited the books that influenced this book of Mare's War Wednesday, October 21, 2009.

• Added One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the Wac (Texas a & M University Military History Series, 12.) Author acknowledgement at end of book
• marked the description of One Woman's Army: A Black Officer Remembers the Wac (Texas a & M University Military History Series, 12.) as not a spoiler
• Added To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II: The Story of the Only African-American ... WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II Author acknowledgement at end of book
• marked the description of To Serve My Country, to Serve My Race: The Story of the Only African-American WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II: The Story of the Only African-American ... WACS Stationed Overseas During World War II as not a spoiler