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...first the budget-balancing National Government gave no special thought to decorating London with European royalties and Indian potentates. Suddenly that touch of splendor began to seem imperative. Cables flashed. Excited Rajas and Maharajas grabbed every de luxe suite on liners that could get them to England by May 6. Shoals of them were surging in last week, headed by the pearl-turbaned Chairman of the Indian Chamber of Princes. H. H. the Maharaja of Patiala...
...genres covered by the Company and directors Vivian V. Kaufman ’05 and Jordan C. Walker ’07 extend much further than the title implies, from traditional Indian dance to modern interpretations of Simon and Garfunkel. The dancers, however, provided a sense of unity in their composed poise. The similarities between each of the seven performances are as striking as their diversity...
...fifth movement, “Water,” is a choreographic collaboration between Diana L. Limbach ’05 and MIT junior Sejal Patel. A cross between traditional Indian dance and modern ballet, the piece is striking and fun to watch; even though most of the music is in a foreign language, it’s easy to pick up on the exuberance of the performance. The dancers themselves are like droplets of water, flowing among each other as smoothly as (Hindu god) Shiva himself...
...This description is of Goa on May 6, 1542, the day the missionary St. Francis Xavier first set foot on the Indian subcontinent. Four hundred and sixty-two years later, you can still find some in the backpacker idyll to whom Coleridge's words apply. But the suggestion that the Jesuit adventurer had little lasting influence is at odds with events this month in the former Portuguese colony. For 43 days until Jan. 2, a continuous procession of 2 million people will shuffle past Xavier's body?which is believed by the faithful to be miraculously uncorrupted since...
...across Asia who are swelling Goa this month. Last week, as Xavier's body was borne shoulder high from the Basilica of Bom Jesus to the Se Cathedral, where it is being displayed, two onlookers attempted conversation as they squashed and squinted for a glimpse. "Christian?" asked the young Indian woman in a bright purple sari. "Christian," confirmed the elderly South Korean man in his baseball cap, shorts and trainers. "Xavier?" inquired the woman. "Hero," smiled...