Tag: Asia
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What happens if Bollywood goes Carribean?
No not a mashup or remix – a new (well 19th century?) form of music – Chutney! Embarassing name, but basically the music made by Indo-Carribean people in places such as Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana working as indentured servants (British Empire!) in the 19th Century mixing Soca beats with with traditional Hindi or Bhojpuri…
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Disco Bollywood Babylon
A post about Salma Agha & Sabina on Facebook meant I went on a little Disco Bollywood trip. Above is a clip from Disco Dancer, an 1982 Bollywood film I’d really love to see. ‘Somebody dances here, somebody dances there’ indeed. This was sung by the mighty Usha Uthup who has been played on Radio…
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Shame in the East
Well for the next couple of months it’s Pride season, traditionally June because of Stonewall but London Pride is in July and Brighton is in August. Prides in this country are fun mostly apolitical affairs (I’ve commented on that in the podcast before now). But spare a thought for those in countries where it’s still…
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Politics of Fear
I wrote this over at Bicyclemark‘s blog in response to his great and thoughtful 50th show – I noticed no-one responding was actually on the spot where it happened, so I wanted to reinforce my view from the ‘front line’. I support the comments from bicyclemark, George Galloway and Ken Livingstone (although people have pointed…