Perched #24

"Although the area may have been populated previously, the seafaring Taino people moved into the Southern Bahamas around the seventh century from Hispaniola and Cuba. These people came to be known as the Lucayans. There were an estimated forty thousand Lucayans at the time of Columbus' arrival."

"She decides to visit a department store. There’s nothing she needs, but she makes a list. She loves the practical glamour of cosmetics and decides to check out moisturizers and eye creams. Most of them, as she knows, cost more than her clothing. She is unlikely to buy anything, but one of the black-clad clerks may offer her a special deal."

"Resplendent in a golden yellow Kanjeevaram cotton saree and traditional jewellery that accentuated her high cheekbones, she was dressed just right for the occasion: a luncheon in honour of the six-member Indian team that returned from China on Wednesday after a 12-medal haul at the Asian Women's Weightlifting Championships. And, it was almost as the motley crowd of journalists and cameras perched atop tripods, in the Hinduja Sports Foundation premises yesterday, were waiting just to capture the glamour girl's glowing face. But the cameras captured everything but that; what with the media drowning her in a wave of questions, and more questions, each no different from the other."