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...Bharatanatyam dancer does not simply learn a few steps in order to perform an Indian dance drama. She must study for years to master “nritta” (pure dance) and “abhinaya” (pure emotion). “Kalpanam: Classical Imaginations” hopes to showcase the level of technique required for Indian classical dance, while expressing a sense of responsibility for preserving tradition. Tomorrow, the Harvard South Asian Association will bring Bharatanatyam, as well as other South Asian dance styles, to Lowell Lecture Hall in its third annual production...
...five others in an aerial attack Friday morning. A statement put out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE), who have spent more than two decades fighting the government of Sri Lanka in an attempt to create a Tamil homeland in the north and east of the Indian Ocean island, confirmed Tamilselvan's death...
...Despite their vices, dynasties often retain their hold on people. Bhutto and Hasina remain genuinely popular, while crowds mob Gandhi and his sister Priyanka. From India to China, many people still place a high priority on helping their family first - business dynasties control some of the largest Indian companies, and princelings dominate sectors of the Chinese economy - so average citizens simply may look at family politics as normal. The fascination with celebrities also helps the dynasties, which produce known quantities ready for their close...
...Forum of FORTUNE magazine, TIME's sister publication. U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson swung through to talk at the Forum with globalization guru Thomas Friedman and to meet with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to lobby for the U.S.-India nuclear deal, which is at risk of rejection in the Indian Parliament. German Chancellor Angela Merkel began a four-day trip designed to boost trade and to talk to her counterpart about global warming. And was that Washington's elder statesman Henry Kissinger quietly slipping through the lobby of the Imperial Hotel? Indeed...
...protestors ended an almost four-week-long walk across India to highlight the fact that they have missed out on its economic boom. The poor, mostly landless peasants are demanding land reform. The government says it will look into the issue. It would not be the first Indian government to say it will...