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...answer, obviously, is with teeth-rattling, trouser-flapping, hip-shaking percussion. From the outset of the show, Air’s intentions were clear. “Venus,” which on Air’s most recent album Talkie Walkie is a stately, composed piano march, became something propulsive, swelling in emotion, building in intensity, rhythmically thrusting until…well, let’s not get carried away here...
...Every morning, more than a thousand diamond cutters file into Surat's spotless Venus Jewel factory, each pressing his thumb on an electronic fingerprint scanner that releases a turnstile. After removing footwear, to ensure they don't leave with diamonds stuck to their soles, the cutters are handed plastic bags filled with rough diamonds. Operating lathes and lasers, they slice, polish and facet the cloudy crystals into sparkling gems, churning out about $150 million worth each year. Venus and several hundred other factories, employing 300,000 cutters in total, have made Surat the heart of India's thriving diamond-polishing...
...workers in new factories like Venus Jewel are adult, and the work environment is comfortable and well lit, albeit pervaded by paranoia. Closed-circuit cameras monitor many parts of the factory, and S.P. Shah, whose family owns Venus Jewel, sits in front of four screens and watches obsessively. Although the industry is rife with rumors that workers are locked in factories if diamonds go astray, Shah denies that his own employees are ill treated. "If a stone goes missing," he says, "we try and persuade the workers to give it back, and this usually works...
...Surat businessmen have even started setting up workshops in China; another bonus is that wages there are lower than in India. Small wonder that many Indian merchants believe it's only a matter of time before they take over from Belgium's Hasidim as kingpins of the diamond business. Venus Jewel's S.P. Shah, diverting his eyes for a moment from his four closed-circuit TVs, acknowledges that his Belgian and Israeli rivals are among the world's best businessmen, but he adds: "We Indians are even better...
Skimming the headlines, one caught my attention. Six planets in our solar system—Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn—had aligned in the heavens. Including Earth, all but Saturn would be visible...