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...Gandhi remains leader of the Congress Party and the ruling Congress-led coalition, but stepped down as MP for the northern Indian district of Rae Bareli on Thursday to deflect opposition allegations that her chairmanship of a government think-tank broke parliamentary conflict-of-interest rules. Singh, meanwhile, is an unelected economist appointed by Gandhi herself almost two years ago after she recorded a surprise win in India's general election but declined the top job because of nationalist protests against her immigrant roots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why Gandhi's Exit Is Good for India | 3/24/2006 | See Source »

...Internet without marketing is like shooting it out into space," Kennedy says. And only the labels pay those marketing costs. EMI has a reputation for investing heavily in artist development. It's got high hopes for several new acts, including New York City rockers Morningwood and Corinne Bailey Rae, a jazzy chanteuse from Leeds, England. Her case is a perfect illustration of marketing in the age of downloads. Rae's single, the soulful Put Your Records On, was released on the Net earlier this month, and is already a radio favorite. A few weeks later, it's now also available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sing When You're Winning | 2/18/2006 | See Source »

...have been most recognized for their high academic achievements, a reflection of their parents' drive for a certain kind of success. But that is only part of their story. Shuttling between two worlds?and seeming to fit into neither?many felt as if "they had no community," says Chang-rae Lee, a Korean-American novelist who has written about this generation's journey. "They had to create themselves." In doing so, they have updated the old immigrant story and forged a new Asian-American identity, not wholly recognizable in any of their parents' native lands but, in its hybrid nature...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Between Two Worlds | 1/8/2006 | See Source »

...portrayals of embattled, strong-willed women (in Norma Rae and Places in the Heart) won her two Academy Awards and forever erased her flibberti-Gidget, Flying Nun image. At first glance, Sally Field, 38, seemed to be mining the same emotional vein in Murphy's Romance, the new movie she made in Arizona with James Garner. It is about a divorcée who moves to a small Western town to take over a horse farm with her twelve-year-old son. But wait, this is no grim battle with mean local bosses or foreclosing bankers. "It's a lighter film...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jul. 22, 1985 | 4/12/2005 | See Source »

ALOFT XBy Chang-Rae Lee It's like an optical illusion. Look at Jerry Battle one way, and he's got it made: retired, pile of money, kids grown, nice house. Tilt the picture just slightly, and it tells another story: his daughter is sick, he's haunted by memories of his dead wife, and his son is screwing up the landscaping business Jerry spent his life building. Of course, Jerry likes the picture the first way, but that second picture keeps looming. The quintessential novel of suburban blight, Aloft is as perfect and manicured as a Long Island...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: 6 Great Books You Might Have Missed | 3/6/2005 | See Source »

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