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The area around Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo offers opportunities for unforgettable adventures. Therefore, if you are looking for something fun to do, you should definitely consider immersing yourself in all the magical beauty that this place has to offer. One of the best ways to experience the natural beauty of the area is to go on a Liveaboard tour. This is because it will provide you with an intense experience that is free of any of the tedious trips that people typically make to and from the land. And without the extra traveling that you would normally do, you will also get early access to sites way before other people. Furthermore, you also have better odds of exploring deeper away from the shore, something that will definitely give you a richer experience when compared to someone who has to always worry about going back to land. However, given that some of these trips last for multiple weeks, they can sometimes prove to be mentally taxing, even for people who are total adventure addic

With the Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) now firmly established as a showcase for automotive conceptualising, Peugeot is wooing the tech-heads this week with its Inception Concept, writes Brian Byrne. The sleek car previews how the latest Stellantis Group battery-electric STLA platform will enable changes in thinking for both interiors and external shaping of a car. The Inception Concept is built on the large version of that architecture, and is powered by two electric motors with a 100kWh battery enabling a claimed 800km range. Production cars with the technology are envisaged as being able to add 150km of range in five minutes at a suitable charging point. 

Children of Dust: A Memoir of Pakistan by Ali Eteraz Harper Collins, 352pp, Isbn-978-0061567087 Synopsis – Ali Eteraz’s Children of Dust is a spellbinding portrayal of a life that few Americans can imagine. From his schooling in a madrassa in Pakistan to his teenage years as a Muslim American in the Bible Belt, and back to Pakistan to find a pious Muslim wife, this lyrical, penetrating saga from a brilliant new literary voice captures the heart of our universal quest for identity. Astonishingly honest, darkly comic, and beautifully told, Children of Dust is an extraordinary adventure that reveals the diversity of Islamic beliefs, the vastness of the Pakistani diaspora, and the very human search for home. Chapter One My mother, Ammi, had just returned from Koh-e-Qaf, where women went when they were annoyed with their husbands. It was far up in the heavens, far beyond the world of men, above the astral planes of the jinns, and hidden even from the angels. Upon reaching Koh-e-Qaf a woman