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...members of the Harvard men’s basketball team were watching the game on Saturday afternoon and had seen the joy of Albany, they probably couldn’t have helped but feel a twinge of regret...
Dancing, playing, singing, and a little bit of self-deprecation (or cultural analysis, depending on how you look at it) marked Ghungroo 2006: A Cultural Celebration, which brought all of its color and joy to the Agassiz Theatre during its Mar. 2-4 run. Although it would be too much to say that the show went off without a hitch—problems of the technical variety, unfortunately, were plentiful—the 17th annual celebration of South Asian culture, produced by Alka R. Tandon ’07 and Arjun Vasan ’07 and directed by Saikat...
...Indian lunar landing.) There's a handy Hindu concept to explain these paradoxes. Maya means wonder, as in Mayanagri (city of dreams), the Hindi nickname for Bombay. It also denotes a willful fantasy - of the kind, for example, that would have a U.S. President last week expressing his "joy" at seeing the new India while in Delhi, a city only half-supplied with sewers. Gandhi was once asked what he thought of Western civilization. "That would be a good idea," he replied. So would an India in which economic development benefited all. Those who see a nation that has already...
...life poseurs; they are intellectual and, often, political wordsmiths. But they are also accessible. No matter one’s previous exposure or interest in hip-hop/R&B music, this flick is worth enjoying. Somehow, Gondry films the performances—coasting on their funkyness and expressivity and joy and soul—so that even my Mom, who can’t understand the lyrics of any rap or hip-hop, would be able to enjoy them. It is almost impossible not to get a natural high off of the positive feelings be-bopping throughout every segment. Gondry...
...tracks were as authentically soulful as “Mine Again” and “Circles.” Unfortunately, a majority of the album’s tracks are irredeemably saccharine ballads. The worst offender in this respect is “Joy Ride,” an uninspired torch song in which Carey likens the pleasures of love to, surprise, a joy ride—not exactly the most potent of metaphors. Worse, Carey attempts to overshadow the track’s weak production with an excessively acrobatic vocal performance. At times it?...