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...potential detail is left unrevealed—from manager Brian Epstein’s hat size (7 and 3/8) to the fact that George Harrison “reposition[ed] [his] furniture for maximum sunlight and serenity” after becoming Ravi Shankar??s disciple in India...

Author: By Alexander B. Cohn, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Beatles | 11/29/2006 | See Source »

From its start, “Kalpanam” lived up to its “classical imaginations” subheading. Ravi Shankar??s sitar—a Hindustani traditional violin-like instrument—strummed in the background and combined beautifully with a fantastic red light splashed onto the stage, where Brandeis University students performed the opening “Tarana” dance. Wearing pastel pinks and blues and hair twisted into flower-accented French braids, the girls danced in the style of Bharatnatyam—an Indian classical and geometrically graceful dance genre that dates...

Author: By Vinita M. Alexander, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Indian Heroine Drama Impresses | 11/7/2005 | See Source »

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