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Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MUSIC | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

Unlike Gas, this year’s outing, Monsoon, never really shakes the feeling of aimlessness. According to the liner notes, the album “was recorded in a dark unfinished basement.” Perhaps this is some justification for Mr. Stairs’ wandering songwriting that chugs along on a predictable guitar strum...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MUSIC | 2/20/2004 | See Source »

...Warrior. Pankaj Kapoor as the paunchy Mafia don borrows heavily (and successfully) from Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. Bollywood grandees Om Puri and Naseeruddin Shah play the clairvoyant cops; both are equally known these days for their roles in other fusion Indian films, such as Monsoon Wedding and Bombay Boys (Shah) and East is East and The Mystic Masseur (Puri...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Lights! Sound! Fury! | 2/16/2004 | See Source »

...obstructionist bureaucracy might make it hard for India's economy to match China's spectacular growth. Despite the high-profile growth of the tech sector, for example, agriculture still accounts for nearly a quarter of GDP, and the country's predominantly agrarian population remains at the mercy of the monsoon. In 2002, the rains were poor, and India's agriculture suffered; the economy grew only 4.3%. India's economic planners maintain that the economy is less dependent on the monsoon now and that mediocre growth is a thing of the past; the nation's Planning Commission projects that annual...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Shaky Footing | 1/4/2004 | See Source »

...first 16 mins., Madhu has called off one marriage, found the chance for another crushed in disillusion, and held two dead loved ones in her arms. The pace never slackens. The driver who is to take Madhu and the child to their new home steers her into a monsoon and steals her money. Enter Kamal (Rajesh Khanna), driving by; he overtakes the brigand, engages in a hilariously speeded-up river- and mud-fight, and takes Madhu to his place to dry off. Turns out Kamal was the dead husband?s best friend, and that this noble fellow is a heavy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: Fear Noir | 12/16/2003 | See Source »

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