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...Punjab to Paris, from London's Southall to Manhattan's Soho. And Mehndi was bhangra's king. He released six albums that sold millions worldwide, and his deliriously cheerful tunes (with names like "Bolo Tararara") defined a new sound for kids and clubbers alike. In 1999 an American critic, stunned by the ecstatic crowd at one of his New Jersey concerts, declared Mehndi "bigger than the Beatles." Today hot London producer and fellow bhangra artist Rishi Rich says Mehndi "put Asian music on the map." Or as Mehndi himself says: "Daler Mehndi was different from anybody. That's why people...
...DIED. MUNIR, 38, Indonesian human-rights campaigner; of a reported heart attack during a flight to Amsterdam. Munir was a vocal critic of the Indonesian military and a key member of a commission that investigated the 1999 violence in East Timor. As a lawyer and founder of Kontras, one of the country's leading pro-democracy and human-rights organizations, Munir investigated claims of abuse at the hands of the military and the former Suharto regime...
...idea into newsprint. As far as I could tell, Latham wasn't trying to be a pundit like the Australian's Paddy McGuinness or Frank Devine. But he did want to make his name on the same page by offering solutions to problems. Here was a player, not a critic. In that sense, Latham has more in common with John Howard than either would dare to admit...
...CRITIC'S CHOICE DOING WHAT THEY KNOW HOW TO DO BEST
...CRITIC'S CHOICE TALE OF A FATEFUL TRIP