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...Aparisim Ghosh: I never leave home without The Best of Daler Mehndi, a compilation of uptempo bhangra standards by India's best-selling pop act. It's Punjabi dance music at its best. I've made Mehndi fans out of cab drivers in Jenin, Gaza, Amman and Baghdad...
...flak jacket and the satellite phone, music - an iPod, Walkman or just a noisy singalong - can be a war correspondent's best friend. Here are a few tunes that have given our reporters a respite while covering Iraq. Aparisim Ghosh I never leave home without The Best of Daler Mehndi, a compilation of uptempo bhangra standards by India's best-selling pop act. It's Punjabi dance music at its best. I've made Mehndi fans out of cab drivers in Jenin, Gaza, Amman and Baghdad. Alex Perry Perhaps the best number was: Why Can't We Be Friends...
...CHARGED. DALER MEHNDI, 36, superstar of Indian bhangra music, with fraud for allegedly planning to smuggle migrants abroad by disguising them as musicians and dancers in his troupe; in Patiala, India. Mehndi, a former cab driver who rose to the top of the Punjabi-pop genre, denied the charges and said his brother, who was also charged, misused his name...
...Beatles, for example, were influenced heavily by the music of the great sitar player, Ravi Shankar. We all know about the therapeutic powers of yoga--and, for better or worse, the teachings of Deepak Chopra. No Doubt's Gwen Stefani is oft-seen wearing a bindi on her forehead; mehndi, the decorative paint worn by many Indian brides, has become quite popular among Western women. Even Nehru jackets may someday make a comeback...