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Jazz Piano Christmas 2024
1 week, 5 days ago

Jazz Piano Christmas 2024

NPR  

Jazz Piano Christmas 2024 toggle caption Jati Lindsay/Courtesy of The Kennedy Center The holiday theme for Jazz Piano Christmas this year was definitely for the adventurous among us. The Herald Angels Sing," then Kris Davis explored the full range of the piano's tonalities while recasting "Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy" for the sold out audience at the John F. …

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Jaipur Centre for Art opens with a black-tie evening and the exhibition, A New Way of Seeing
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Jaipur Centre for Art opens with a black-tie evening and the exhibition, A New Way of Seeing

The Hindu  

The City Palace is a sprawling complex of grand courtyards, domed pavilions, and intricately designed facades crafted from pink sandstone and marble. It aims to add another facet to the city’s historic core and cultural legacy, which already boasts the successful Jaipur Literature Festival, and the Jaipur Art Week started by art entrepreneur and executive director of Prestige Group, Sana …

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Southern Sinai’s secluded beach camps offer a different side to Egypt
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Southern Sinai’s secluded beach camps offer a different side to Egypt

The Independent  

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A far cry from the exciting chaos of Cairo and the luxury resorts of Sharm el-Sheikh and Hurghada, the beach …

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Hooch tragedy and prohibition promises hark back to chaotic days in Nilgiris under the British
5 months, 1 week ago

Hooch tragedy and prohibition promises hark back to chaotic days in Nilgiris under the British

The Hindu  

The recent hooch tragedy that claimed 67 lives in Kallakurichi; the demand for closure of the TASMAC liquor outlets; the promises made by political parties, including the ruling DMK, to introduce prohibition; and the latest amendments to the Prohibition Act. Drunkenness caused problems, but the British government, like the modern day governments, permitted breweries since the abkari revenue included income …

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Health Matters newsletter: Hark! Good news on the HIV vaccine front
6 months, 1 week ago

Health Matters newsletter: Hark! Good news on the HIV vaccine front

The Hindu  

We could start with the NEET mess again, and there is indeed much to report since our last health newsletter. A collaborative survey 1,482 TB patients across four States conducted by the George Institute for Global Health, New Delhi, along with the Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U.K., highlighted the severe …

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There’s no ‘Ghosts’ without these spirited actors
6 months, 3 weeks ago

There’s no ‘Ghosts’ without these spirited actors

LA Times  

It hardly seems like an exaggeration to say that “Ghosts” — the hit CBS supernatural sitcom about a young couple who inherit a country house inhabited by many of the people who have died on the property over the centuries — lives and dies by the chemistry of its large ensemble. Now, I wake up and pinch myself almost every …

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A different kind of twitter: A look at languages without words
7 months ago

A different kind of twitter: A look at languages without words

Hindustan Times  

We tend to think of body language as gestures, but it is so much more. The cues we draw from a person’s posture, expressions, facial tics and wordless sounds hark back to modes of communication from a time long before language. On La Gomera, Spain’s tiny mountainous Canary Island, a language called Silbo Gomero deploys a variety of whistles in …

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Drake responds to Kendrick Lamar’s six-minute diss track with 10 Things I Hate About You clip
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Drake responds to Kendrick Lamar’s six-minute diss track with 10 Things I Hate About You clip

The Independent  

Sign up to Roisin O’Connor’s free weekly newsletter Now Hear This for the inside track on all things music Get our Now Hear This email for free Get our Now Hear This email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. I don’t like his haircut.” Lamar echoes this as …

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'Mammoth Miracle' called the Indian elections
8 months ago

'Mammoth Miracle' called the Indian elections

New Indian Express  

Where it all began The roots of elections hark back to ancient Greece but it was in the Roman Republic that the concept of representative government and periodic elections emerged. Of the few good books on elections, one of my favourites is Rajdeep Sardesai’s 2014: The Election that Changed India. The Verdict: Decoding India’s Elections by Prannoy Roy and Dorab …

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Trump deploys his playbook against women who bother him
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Trump deploys his playbook against women who bother him

The Hindu  

And for now, Nikki Haley. Mr. Trump’s nickname for Haley, a Republican who served as his own Ambassador to the United Nations, is “Birdbrain.” “Who the hell was the impostor?” Mr. Trump railed after the New Hampshire primary against Ms. Haley, who acknowledged his victory but has refused to drop out of the GOP presidential nomination fight. We won.’” Ms. …

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DC Edit | Spark of hope as Xi, Biden meet
1 year, 1 month ago

DC Edit | Spark of hope as Xi, Biden meet

Deccan Chronicle  

China, the closest competitor today to the United States’ pre-eminence as the world’s military, technological and economic power, had been perceived as aiming to take that competition to confrontation. The world may not be breathing much easier as the ground covered in the highly anticipated meeting between Presidents Joe Biden of the US and Xi Jinping of China was restricted …

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Bishan Singh Bedi cremated in presence of Indian sports legends
1 year, 2 months ago

Bishan Singh Bedi cremated in presence of Indian sports legends

The Hindu  

The mortal remains of Bishan Singh Bedi were consigned to flames at the Lodhi Road crematorium here on Tuesday with a bevy of former and current cricketers in attendance to pay their tributes. World Cup-winning Indian captain Kapil Dev paid his respects to his first captain, Bishan Singh Bedi | Photo Credit: The Hindu / Shashi Shekhar Kashyap “He was …

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‘Haddi’ movie review: A bony and brittle revenge flick
1 year, 3 months ago

‘Haddi’ movie review: A bony and brittle revenge flick

The Hindu  

2023 has been a hopeful year, by and large, for onscreen transgender representation in India. The trailer for Akshat Ajay Sharma’s debut film seemed to hark back to a certain Mahesh Bhatt school of filmmaking. Hovering around is a jaunty land-grabbing politician, Pramod Ahlawat, and a tentative NGO owner played by Mohammed Zeeshan Ayyub. Haddi Director: Akshat Ajay Sharma Cast: …

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Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil Code
1 year, 5 months ago

Mohan Guruswamy | The Need For A Common And Secular Civil Code

Deccan Chronicle  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power nine years ago. But now that another Lok Sabha election soon looms, given his dismal track record of inept and corrupt governance, Mr Modi needs an incendiary issue to arouse his army of “bhakts” to have a “Hindus vs Others” issue, such as the uniform civil code. The Supreme Court in October 2015 …

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Once Upon a Time In China’s secret ingredient: 13th Aunt
1 year, 6 months ago

Once Upon a Time In China’s secret ingredient: 13th Aunt

Live Mint  

In the early days of cable TV in India, which were my early days as well, two credit sequences set my imagination on fire. This was from Tsui Hark’s Once Upon A Time In China, a phalanx of bare-chested martial club students executing a series of strenuous, eye-catching workouts. By the time the 1990s got under way, Hong Kong film-maker …

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Meghan Markle may never visit UK ‘ever again'? Royal expert says…
1 year, 8 months ago

Meghan Markle may never visit UK ‘ever again'? Royal expert says…

Hindustan Times  

It is "unlikely" that Meghan Markle will return to the UK “ever again”, a royal expert said after it was confirmed earlier this month that Meghan Markle will stay in the US while Prince Harry will attend King Charles' coronation alone. Meghan Markle: Meghan, Duchess of Sussex watches as the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II is placed into the hearse. …

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Public welfare cinema enriches leisure time of rural residents
1 year, 10 months ago

Public welfare cinema enriches leisure time of rural residents

China Daily  

JINAN - On Jan 22, the second day of the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, 65-year-old Guo Cuimei decided to celebrate the holiday by going to the cinema. Guo went to a local public welfare cinema to watch "The Taking of Tiger Mountain," an action blockbuster directed by Hark Tsui. "Watching films for rural residents is not just an entertainment, but …

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Across China: Public welfare cinema enriches leisure time of rural residents
1 year, 10 months ago

Across China: Public welfare cinema enriches leisure time of rural residents

China Daily  

A screenshot of the film The Taking of Tiger Mountain On Jan 22, the second day of the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, 65-year-old Guo Cuimei decided to celebrate the holiday by going to the cinema. Guo went to a local public welfare cinema to watch The Taking of Tiger Mountain, an action blockbuster directed by Hark Tsui. To address this …

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Across China: Public welfare cinema enriches leisure time of rural residents
1 year, 10 months ago

Across China: Public welfare cinema enriches leisure time of rural residents

China Daily  

A screenshot of the film The Taking of Tiger Mountain On Jan 22, the second day of the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, 65-year-old Guo Cuimei decided to celebrate the holiday by going to the cinema. Guo went to a local public welfare cinema to watch The Taking of Tiger Mountain, an action blockbuster directed by Hark Tsui. To address this …

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100 years ago, 'Carol of the Bells' came to America — from Ukraine
2 years ago

100 years ago, 'Carol of the Bells' came to America — from Ukraine

NPR  

100 years ago, 'Carol of the Bells' came to America — from Ukraine "Carol of the Bells" is a Christmas staple in the U.S., but it was written by a Ukrainian composer and first came to the U.S. 100 years ago — when Ukrainians were fighting for freedom. SHAPIRO: Of course, most of us know this little carol as "Carol …

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Jerusalem blast: Tracking Twitter reactions from Palestine, Saudi Arabia
2 years, 1 month ago

Jerusalem blast: Tracking Twitter reactions from Palestine, Saudi Arabia

India Today  

In the early hours of Wednesday, two blasts went off at Givat Shaul and Ramot junction bus stops on the outskirts of Jerusalem in Israel, killing a 16-year-old boy and injuring 22 people. Prime Minister Yair Lapid expressed his condolences to the family of the bereaved, while also stating that “This event is different from what we have seen in …

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Bonded over Tolkien, my son and I live-texted 'Rings of Power'
2 years, 3 months ago

Bonded over Tolkien, my son and I live-texted 'Rings of Power'

LA Times  

I took my son Danny to see “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” when he was not quite 5 years old. Trystan Gravelle as Pharazon in “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.” Obviously, I would be watching the new Amazon series “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” with Danny. Owain Arthur as …

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Glass half full: Liquor shortage in Delhi likely despite extension
2 years, 4 months ago

Glass half full: Liquor shortage in Delhi likely despite extension

Hindustan Times  

Despite the Delhi government’s late-evening decision on Saturday to extend the existing 2021-22 excise policy by a month to prevent the Capital scrambling for a bottle from Monday, traders in the city said there are still likely to be widespread gaps in the availability of liquor in the coming days, with vendors and stores unlikely to place fresh bulk orders …

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Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority head quits over employee-pay conflict
2 years, 8 months ago

Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority head quits over employee-pay conflict

LA Times  

Heidi Marston of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority talks to the media following a news conference in August 2019. The head of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority tendered her resignation Monday, citing friction with the organization’s board over her unilateral decision to raise the salaries of its lowest-paid staffers. “She clearly had made up her mind.” In a …

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