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...Vale of Kashmir is simmering again, this time over the rape and alleged murder of two young Muslim women. The corpses of 17-year-old Aasiya Jan and her sister-in-law, Nilofar Shakeel, 22, were found floating in a shallow stream on May 30, hours after their disappearance from their family's apple orchards in the city of Shopian in Indian Kashmir. Locals have alleged that Indian soldiers from a military encampment in the neighborhood were involved in the violent acts, reigniting separatist calls in the Muslim-majority region. At least one protester was killed and more than...
...glimpse into a traditional South Indian music called Carnatic. Vocalists Samir V. Rao ’08 and Vasanthi Sridhar ’07 will perform, accompanied on traditional Carnatic instruments by violinist Vivek A. Rudrapatna ’06, and mridangam (a double sided South Indian drum) player Shakeel Avadhany (MIT ’09). According to Rudrapatna, Carnatic music is very similar to other music forms, such as Russian classical, in so far as having a 12-note octave. However, what truly sets it apart is the improvisatory nature of the compositions, based on variations in rhythms with...
...everything from beggars to brothels. The thugs owe their power to their bosses, who call themselves Bhai, or brother, and live abroad in Pakistan, Dubai, Kenya, New Jersey?far beyond the reach of Indian police. From these lavish lairs the mobsters run their empires?and, if the Shakeel tapes are to be believed, they run up hefty bills with cell-phone calls to Bollywood royalty. Few stars can escape the nagging apprehension that one day the phone will ring and a voice will say, "This is Bhai...
...times, a threat concealed a promise. In 1997, Shakeel asked an obscure producer named Nazim Rizvi to shelve a film because it might heighten Hindu-Muslim tensions. "I have told him to make proper films and assured him that his costs will be taken care of," Shakeel told time, adding, "If the director doesn't abide by my decision, I'll just have to kill him." Rizvi obliged. Three years later, Rizvi made the lavish Chori Chori Chupke Chupke with a brilliant cast that was not only expensive but booked for other films years in advance. Shakeel had come through...
...Both Chota Shakeel and Abu Salem could end up in Indian jails. But the bhais won't ease their grip on Bollywood. They'll keep watching. They always...