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DIED. FRITZ SCHOLDER, 67, Expressionist painter and sculptor best known for bringing a fresh eye to so-called Indian art in the 1960s and '70s; of complications from diabetes; in Scottsdale, Ariz. One-quarter Native American, he initially refused to paint Indians, saying he hated the usual sentimental images of them as noble savages. In 1967, vowing to depict "real, not red," he changed his mind. His "Indian" series included the still striking rendering of a Native American man wrapped in an American flag, based on 19th century prison photographs of Indians dressed in surplus flags after their tribal regalia...
...ESTABLISHED. BUS SERVICE between Srinagar, on the Indian side of the divided Kashmir region, and Muzaffarabad, on the Pakistani side; in Islamabad. The route, agreed upon during the first visit to Pakistan in 15 years by an Indian foreign minister, will open on April 7. It is the first to cross Kashmir's Line of Control since the region was divided...
...acquire knowledge from other countries by sending their students abroad. Then this newly acquired expertise can be used to make economies at home more competitive, to the detriment of other countries on the global stage. The only way to avoid this practice of outsourcing education would be to deny Indian and Chinese students admission to U.S. universities, a move that would be sure to cause outrage. Gianluca de Duonni Waterloo, Belgium...
After Benegal’s talk, toward the end of the Question and Answer session, a graduate student posed a question to him about “reality as it really is”—and why he, along with other Indian filmmakers, failed to represent it. This drew a bemused chuckle from Benegal, who answered briefly “allusion, metaphor…all these things are to be used, surely. There has to be a place for imagination...
...story centers on the tempestuous love/hate relationship between American Will Darcy and Indian Lalita Bakshi. He is the son of a wealthy hotel family; she is an independent and headstrong daughter of a mother eager to marry her and her three sisters off to well-established young bachelors. The storyline should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with Jane Austen, or any standard boy-meets-girl Hollywood romance, really; what makes this film so enjoyable is its marriage of Eastern style and Western content (especially fun to see when the setting moves to Los Angeles) and the way this...