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...were to create the perfect global pop star, the result would be nothing like Daler Mehndi. There's his look?black beard, bejeweled turban and belly surfing over his waistband. There's his halting English, his insistence on singing in Punjabi and his tongue-tangling name, pronounced "Dlurr Maindy." Then there are his '80s-style videos, pulsing with primitive arcade-game effects and joyful dancers in jumpsuits. And yet in the late '90s, fresh from a stint driving a cab in Berkeley, California, Mehndi became Asia's biggest-ever pop export...
...Taking the rhythms of the Punjab and combining them with jubilant pop hooks, Mehndi introduced the world to a new dance genre, bhangra, that was happier than hip-hop and as irresistible as disco. Bhangra clubs sprang up around the world, fostering a movement that today stretches from the Punjab to Paris, from London's Southall to Manhattan's Soho. And Mehndi was bhangra's king. He released six albums that sold millions worldwide, and his deliriously cheerful tunes (with names like "Bolo Tararara") defined a new sound for kids and clubbers alike. In 1999 an American critic, stunned...
...After a year in which the world's happiest and most unlikely pop star became both miserable and unmarketable, Mehndi now sees nothing but blue skies ahead. "You know, I was a very bad taxi driver," he says. "Always looking in the mirror at myself and imagining I would be a big star in music. Nearly many accidents. But Daler Mehndi has no accidents in music. Yes, I struggle, I arrive and then I lose everything. But in music, I am very happy. And bhangra is very happy music. So in music, Daler Mehndi always has clear road ahead...
...their lives. But interviews by TIME with religious leaders, Islamic scholars, government analysts and ordinary citizens in dozens of countries around the world reveal that the fervor of those who adhere to radical forms of Islam has intensified since 9/11. While Muslims continue to consume and even celebrate Western pop culture, hostility to the policies of the West, in particular the U.S., appears to be on the rise. It is being propelled in part by anger at the U.S.'s staunch support of Israel's policies toward the Palestinians, contempt for the U.S.'s occupation of Iraq and opposition...
...Detroit native wrote R&B hits for Aretha Franklin, Marvin Gaye and James Brown in the 1950s and '60s. In 1968 he moved to New York City to join the McCann Erickson ad agency, where he came up with the 1971 Coke theme song, which later became a pop hit. DIED. BOB EVANS, 77, computer scientist whose work in the '60s helped substantially reduce the cost of powerful computing; in Hillsborough, California. As an IBM engineering manager, he convinced the company to invest more than $5 billion in developing the famous S/360 class computer that helped turn IBM into...