Word: exoticism
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Last week some seemed to be going, and the guru was not exactly blissful about it. The Indian expatriate discovered that his personal secretary, Ma Anand Sheela, had taken off, along with Rajneeshpuram's mayor, a city-council member and a gaggle of other top Rajneesh functionaries. The bhagwan (revered...
Tigers and temples and the Taj Mahal. Maharajahs and turbaned warriors and old men ritually wandering penniless in order to purify themselves and become holy. Snake charmers and bear tamers and wizened artisans using the simplest of tools to chisel out tiny, intricate talismans of beauty. Images of India, crossroads...
Welch seems to believe that contact with the West, or at least with Britain, vitiated India's arts, and he proves the point all too insistently with a final roomful of tatty 19th century artifacts. The one exception is the Baroda carpet, a lavish if gaudy confection of pearls, rubies...
If there's one thing that rivals the preeminence of sandwich spots in the Square, it's Chinese food, clearly the best of the possible international fare. The Hong Kong (1236 Mass. Ave.) is easily the best-known and most flamboyantly colored Chinese restaurant in the Square. The Kong's...
Steve's (31 Church St.) used to be the top dog, with mix-ins and its own line of T-shirts and hats. But when former owner Steve Herrell sold the store and founded Herrell's (15 Dunster St.), he did his old store one better. (At least most ice...