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...artists often stay on to give workshops and talks, and regional themes predominate at many showings. Locally sponsored events like to take advantage of everyday venues. At Singapore's inaugural biennial, launched earlier this month, some of the paintings and installations are displayed in an Armenian church and a Hindu temple. About one-third of the world's major biennials take place in the Asia-Pacific area. While Singapore's biennial closes on Nov. 12, the region has plenty more in store for the fall and winter. Here's our pick of three must-see shows: TAIPEI: Taipei's Biennial...
...Thrasher title his 1973 comeback LP, Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back. DIED. Bismillah Khan, 90, ascetic Indian musician whose name became synonymous with the shehnai, the oboe-like instrument he played for audiences worldwide over a seven-decade career; in Varanasi. A Muslim who performed at countless Hindu ceremonies, Khan was seen as a symbol of Indian inter-religious unity and secularism. He played at the young country's first Independence Day celebration in 1948 and received its highest civilian honor, the Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India), in 2001. DIED. Joe Rosenthal, 94, combat photographer...
...Times Square to Columbus Circle." But the Nizams' obsession with stuffing their dank chambers with priceless diamonds and then forgetting all about them seems, in retrospect, like a symptom of a deep-rooted anxiety about the dynasty's security. They were Muslim princes ruling, often brutally, over a mostly Hindu part of India, and their reign was always tenuous. It ended in 1948, when independent India seized Hyderabad...
...with blue borders. The nuns from the Missionaries of Charity, Mother Teresa's order, are a comforting sight. One of them, Sister Benedetta, kindly gives me a laminated picture of the soon-to-be saint and a genuine relic--a microchip-size piece of Teresa's sari. A lapsed Hindu, I'm nonetheless grateful for any and all gifts that purport to holiness; somewhere in my bags are a tiny sandalwood Ganesha, pages of the New Testament and a string of Islamic prayer beads. In Iraq, you want to have God--anybody's God--within easy reach...
...communal problems on a train." Look at the rescue efforts, says Tandel, or at the long lines of people who waited outside hospitals to donate blood, and it was clear that the attacks had not divided the city. "Everybody came to help the victims, nobody cared if they were Hindu or Muslim," he says. "The terrorists may be trying to create tensions, but it won't work in Bombay, no matter how hard they try." Keep hoping that's true...