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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Indian sitar virtuoso Ravi Shankar dies at 92 Associated Press Writer
NEW DELHI — With an instrument perplexing to most Westerners, Ravi Shankar helped connect the world through music. The sitar virtuoso hobnobbed with the Beatles, became a hippie musical icon and spearheaded the first rock benefit concert as he introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over nearly a century. From George Harrison to John Coltrane, from Yehudi Menuhin to David Crosby, his connections reflected music’s universality, though a gap persisted between Shankar and many Western fans. Sometimes they mistook tuning for tunes, while he stood aghast at displays like Jimi Hendrix’s burning guitar. Shankar died Tuesday at age 92. A statement on his website said he died in San Diego, near his Southern California home with his wife and a daughter by his side. The musician’s foundation issued a statement saying that he had suffered upper
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respiratory and heart problems and had undergone heart-valve replacement surgery last week. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also confirmed Shankar’s death and called him a “national treasure.” Labeled “the godfather of world music” by Harrison, Shankar helped millions of classical, jazz and rock lovers discover the centuries-old traditions of Indian music. “He was legend of legends,” Shivkumar Sharma, a noted santoor player who performed with Shankar, told Indian media. “Indian classical was not at all known in the Western world. He was
FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2012 file photo, Indian musician Ravi Shankar performs during a concert in Bangalore, India. Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died.
Kate Middleton Cancels Red Carpet Appearance at London Hobbit Premiere
Pregnant Kate Middleton is staying home to take care of her own “precious” in-the-making. Bearing with a second bout of acute morning sickness -- a rare condition known as Hyperemesis Gravidarum -- the royal mom-to-be has canceled a planned red carpet appearance at the London premiere of The Hobbit on Wednesday Dec. 12. “The Duchess of Cambridge will not attend The Hobbit Premiere tomorrow evening and will continue to rest privately,” a St. James Palace rep tells Us Weekly. In her stead, however, “the Duke of Cambridge will attend as planned.” Although the Duchess, 30, left King Edward VII hospital on Thursday after four days of treatment, she fell ill again over the weekend, and has been laying low at the Nottingham Cottage residence she and Prince William, 30, share at Kensington Palace. “Until further notice, to allow the Duchess a degree of privacy during her pregnancy, we do not intend to offer regular condition checks or advise of routine developments,” the Palace told Us on Monday. Keeping a commitment to attend a Dec. 8 Winter Whites Gala at London’s Royal Albert Hall, William commented on his wife’s struggles. I don’t know why they call it morning sickness -- they should call it all day and all night sickness,” the prince joked. “[Recovery is] a long old process but she is getting there. She feels like it is going to go on forever.”
the musician who had that training ... the ability to communicate with the Western audience.” He also pioneered the concept of the rock benefit with the 1971 Concert For Bangladesh. To later generations, he was known as the estranged father of popular American singer Norah Jones. His last musical performance was with his other daughter, sitarist Anoushka Shankar Wright, on Nov. 4 in Long Beach, California; his foundation said it was to celebrate his 10th decade of creating music. The multiple Grammy winner learned that he had again been nominated for the award the night before his surgery. “It’s one of the biggest losses for the music world,” said Kartic Seshadri, a Shankar protege, sitar virtuoso and music professor at the University of California, San Diego. “There’s nothing more to be said.”
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President calls of bigger opportunities for local businesses
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KUTA - President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on big businesses and regional governments to give bigger opportunities to local and new businesses to make them develop. “Will new and young businesses win or lose when they compete with big businesses? So for the established ones please compete with (the big ones) or abroad,” he said in a keynote address at the Indonesian Young Entrepreneurs Association (HIPMI) meeting here on Wednesday. Speaking on “the government’s policy towards local and startup businesses” the head of state said that he could only appeal in that respect because the government could not issue a regulation on the matter. He said his appeal also applied to local governments. “Businesses worth less than Rp25 billion had better be given to young or start-up businesses,” he said adding young and new businesses could become the country’s economic pillar in the future. “Indeed we cannot prohibit regional governments to deal with big businesses but we hope they would not deal only with them or prioritize them,” he said. To young and new businessmen the President appealed to remain strong and optimistic to deal with their challenges. He said only those who could overcome challenges would be successful in their fields. While in Bali, the President also inspect locations for the construction of J.W. Marriott Hotel in Nusa Dua and the venue of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in 2013. Continued on page 6
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President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has called on big businesses and regional governments to give bigger opportunities to local and new businesses to make them develop.
In memoriam Desak Gede Raka Nadha
Support Pancasila and pluralism in religions The importance of pluralism was one of the important messages given by Desak Gede Raka Nadha who passed away at the age of 86 years old. The late gave the opportunity to all kinds of religions to write in the religion section in Bali Post. “Once I asked a question to K.Nadha, the founder of Bali Post on why he gave space to all kinds of religions in the newspaper.
He answered that he wanted to apply Pancasila which is the five basic elements of Indonesia and the spirit was passed on by Desak Raka,” said the Secretary of Ordo Karmel III (Awam) Ignatius Suharto during his visit to Pesraman Lumajang on Tuesday, December 11, 2012. The writer of Catholic column in Bali Post said that the newspaper support the tolerance among the plural society in Indo-
nesia. Even tough the majority of the people in Bali is Hindu but Desak Raka kept the column on Sunday. This could be the example for other because she promoted unity through the media. Besides pluralism, Desak Raka also always stated Ajeg Bali of preserve Bali. This was done by making Koperasi Krama Bali (KKB) which is now being followed by other similar business. This is an effort
to strengthen the economy of Bali. Ignatius also prayed next to the body of the late Desak Raka. A.A. Gede Ngurah Agung Jambe from Puri Gelgel, Klungkungs explained that Desak Raka was known as a warrior so her fighting spirit never runs out. “We know her very well because our families also fight with her during the war,” he added. (kmb30)