To protect his canvas from the wind and rain, he used man-made shelters on the path.

BBC: England

As the boats pull up to the dock, an Asian man wearing a yellow-and-white rain coat crouches on a knoll, staring out at the boats.

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His debut novel, The Gift of Rain - also about the Japanese occupation of Malaya - was longlisted for the Man Booker in 2007.

BBC: Tan Twan Eng wins Man Asian literary prize

India, who suffered a 66-run defeat to Pakistan on Saturday, made a single chage, with pace man Ashish Nehra replacing the injured Ajit Agarkar in a side reduced to 32 overs each after a rain-hit morning.

BBC: Rain hits India's final bid