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...Jantar Mantar observatory, in the bustling heart of New Delhi, was built in the 1720s to monitor the celestial movements that India's royal rulers believed governed their fate. Today, the distinctive red structure is still an observatory of sorts - a vantage point for watching the workings of Indian democracy, a process every bit as complex, and as inscrutable, as the progress of heavenly bodies...
...stroll around the observatory on any given day is to sample the local grudges and global grievances that draw protesters from across India. A bureaucratic spelling error has brought a group of Dhangars, dressed in the red and yellow colors of their tribe, here for the fourth time from the western state of Maharashtra. "We hope this time our voice will be heard," says the group's leader, Gunderao Bansode. Under Indian law, certain castes and tribes are guaranteed places in educational institutes and legislatures, as well as government jobs. The Dhangars are supposed to share these advantages. But they...
...Russian sales have quadrupled in the past five years and were up 54% last year alone. So the German automaker threw a splashy party in Moscow on July 8, unveiling its revamped model inside a 40-ft.-high (12 m) acrylic-and-steel hourglass that it erected on Red Square itself. The show "reflects the confidence that the BMW Group has in this country's potential," gushed Christian Kremer, the company's managing director for Russia, noting that sales were up again by a third in the first six months of this year...
...says. And she's just warming up. "I'd think Lincoln would be very interested in how all this plays out. I think he'd want to bring the country together, as he did in the Civil War. It was gray and blue then. It's red and blue...
...enthralled by the mechanics of power chords and three-part harmonies as the nerds in Weezer are. Burnin' Up, which opens with a steam kettle boiling over, never leaves the realm of goofiness but redeems itself with a flirtatious, ebullient hook and a lyric so innocent--"High heels/ Red dress/ All by yourself/ Gotta catch my breath!"--that you might even forgive them for letting their bodyguard lay down a rap verse in the middle. Lovebug floats on a gentle acoustic guitar line into a sweetly delivered chorus ("Now I'm speechless/ Over the edge I'm just breathless...