The novel ripples out from the beginnings of the Naxalite uprising in West Bengal in 1967.
Cooking, fermentation, glass making, and metallurgy are all chemical processes that date from the beginnings of civilization.
From the beginnings of human speech, narrative gave us a form in which to pass on advice, information and inspiration.
From the beginnings of the sport in the United States, and particularly from the early 19th century, African Americans have made significant contributions to horse racing.
From the beginnings of literature, poets and writers have based their narratives on crossing borders, on wandering, on exile, on encounters beyond the familiar.
"They are time capsules from the beginnings of our solar system," she says, "and they still contain the first solid matter from that time.
The capacity of chromatic tones to add harmonic colour, expressiveness, and interest was apparent to composers from the beginnings of standard harmonic practice.
It quickly became the leading commercial centre of western Europe, profiting from the beginnings of colonial trade and stimulated by the great discoveries of the Portuguese and Spaniards.
In "Plausible Portraits," James writes, "From the beginnings of civilization it has been the human likeness which has most preoccupied man.
