Nepal, March 9 -- In Hindu temples, bells are often rung to announce the arrival of the devotee or wake up the deity so that prayers can be heard and devotion duly noted. The sounds of bells, it is ...

On Sunday, April 26, during a Churchill Singers concert in the Chapel of St. Mary Aldermanbury, I heard bells tolling as darkness descended and storm clouds rose. I thought of Ernest Hemingway and his ...