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When it comes to asian-grape wine, many of us are hard-pressed to name as many as one or two labels. Those who dine frequently at Chinese restaurants may be familiar with brands like Great Wall or Dynasty. And the steady progress of Indian cuisine from takeaway fodder to the dainty, ghee-free offerings of designer restaurants has also brought the name of Dindori Reserve - a decent Shiraz from India's Sula vineyards - to greater notice. But what about other Eastern bottlings? In tandem with Asia's ever-rising levels of wine consumption, the last two decades have seen...
...training had given me any idea whether I could do that.” Monson pursued jazz trumpet at the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied in a unique program, Third Stream, which emphasized learning music by ear. Two particular courses influenced her deeply: one on North Indian classical music with sitarist Peter Row, and another on African music and ethnomusicology. Outside the classroom, Monson was introduced to other genres of music, and played everything from Klezmer to salsa. After a few years, Monson returned to school, this time to study ethnomusicology. She began to examine the improvisational...
...million. To balance this, the British needed to sell more to China—but the Chinese did not want nearly enough of what the British tried to sell, items such as scratchy English woolens. In the meantime, there was one thing the Chinese did want to buy: Indian opium. They had used the drug, for medical and other purposes, for a thousand years. But by the 1820s, the Chinese government had become concerned about its social effects and tried to ban it. The result was that many Chinese, including senior officials, went on smuggling it in, supplied and supported...
...Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will tackle many issues at the summit, including tsunami relief, supporting the Afghan government, Iran's nuclear ambitions, returning democracy to Nepal, and containing avian flu. But one of the most crucial items on the agenda is the two nations' impending Nuclear Agreement. Last July, Singh and Bush agreed on the broad outlines of a nuclear deal that would require India to separate its military and civilian nuclear programs. In exchange the U.S. would share nuclear technology with India, whose population now exceeds one billion and whose energy demand has been voracious...
...Closing the deal is not guaranteed. U.S. and Indian negotiators have been at it in recent days and Undersecretary Of State Nicholas Burns arrives in the region this week to help put the agreement to bed. Among the sticking points are the proportion of its nuclear program that will be opened to international inspection. "I'll continue to encourage India to produce a credible, transparent and defensible plan to separate its civilian and military programs," Mr. Bush said in an appearance at a meeting of the Asia Society in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday...