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...area, the story might well have vanished quickly. But then the police began telling this story: Rajesh Talwar, a well-known dentist, killed his teenage daughter and their Nepalese helper, Hemraj, they claimed, to prevent them from blowing the lid off his affair with fellow dentist Anita Durrani. According to the police, he was also incensed because Aarushi was "in an objectionable but not compromising position" with the 46-year-old Hemraj. The media lapped it up and went to town with lurid speculation, turning the case into a national sensation...
After the discovery of Hemraj's body, the police quickly announced their theory of the double love affairs. Dr Talwar had killed Aarushi and Hemraj, the cops said, because Aarushi had objected to her father's affair, while he had objected to hers. The Talwar and Durrani families denied the allegations strenuously. A harried Dr. Talwar shouted "They're framing me!" into TV cameras while being led away by the police. He is technically in custody for questioning. Police sources say he has confessed to the crime, but Talwar insists he has done nothing of the sort. His bedraggled wife...
That's what the folks back at MTV are banking on too. "If you wanted to reach young South Asians, there hasn't been a branded, credible platform," says Nusrat Durrani, senior V.P. and general manager of MTV World. Voilą MTV Desi, which should air nationally in July. After Jay Sean's interview, he sticks around to pose for photographs with fans. "To me, it's been a long time coming," the singer says between autographs. "There is a massive market out there." Sean, an artist and an entrepreneur, pauses and then continues, "We make up one-fifth...
...those tigers voluntarily, reversing his own military's pre-9/11 support for the Taliban and the insurgency in Kashmir. These moves strengthened his international support?but hardened opposition to his government both regionally and within Pakistan. "There are forces in India not interested in peace," says Muhammad Ali Durrani, a pro-Musharraf senator. "Forces in Afghanistan who don't want stability in the region, and forces in Pakistan who are not interested in a progressive, Muslim democracy?all of these are linking together to hit Musharraf." The Dec. 14 attackers used powerful explosives, which, combined with the sophistication...
Fakhra's pain may never cease. She is in Italy awaiting surgery, learning to speak Italian and getting used to a foreign land that will be her home for the foreseeable future. "I not only have hope," she says, "but I also have strength." Durrani hopes when Fakhra is ready to return home, she can do so in safety. One thing she does not tolerate is Fakhra's shunning of mirrors. "I made her remove her veil and look at herself," Durrani says firmly. "Fakhra's face is the crime of a man against a woman. It is not shame...