Articles tagged "india"

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Debashish Bhattacharya: Calcutta Chronicles

by Deanne Sole

[3.Jun.08] :. This is an excellent disc, one that rewards multiple visits.

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The Clippings File: Pakistan

by Jillian Burt

[9.Jan.08] :. Pakistan Tops List of Journalists Killed in 2007 In 2002 Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was murdered in Pakistan. His widow, Mariane, also a journalist, wrote a book about her...

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Books Review

The Elephanta Suite by Paul Theroux

by Michael Antman

[27.Nov.07] :. In Paul Theroux’s brackish, world-weary new collection, India is inherently unknowable and inevitably dangerous, the result of such knowledge being disappointment at best and, at worst, rape, dissolution, or death.

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Alejandro Franov: Khali

by Deanne Sole

[13.Nov.07] :. Alejandro Franov helps Juana Molina with her albums. On Khali he uses instruments that imitate the flowing sound of water, rain, or rivers.

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Music Review

Various: Gypsy Caravan

by Deanne Sole

[10.Sep.07] :. The album is crammed. It’s a packed smorgasbord.

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Music Review

Various Artists: The Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold

by Deanne Sole

[11.May.07] :. The Rough Guide to Bollywood Gold manages to be a solid contribution to a swelling genre without ever feeling like an essential disc.

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Unbridled with Life: Interview with Mira Nair

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Mar.07] :. With The Namesake, based on Jhumpa Lahiri's popular novel, Mira Nair has found an ideal subject -- a family full of complex characters who spend their lives traversing traditions and expectations.

 
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The Namesake (2006)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[12.Mar.07] :. Attentive to surfaces as well as nuances, Mira Nair's adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, The Namesake, is about legacies and responsibilities, ambitions and dislocations.

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