Popular Culture

15 March 2004


India XI Arrive in Pakistan
They arrived with security befitting an American President in a war zone. Their welcome was of the type usually reserved for rock stars. So what was the big deal about the guys who got off a plane just before 2 pm Wednesday at Lahore's Allama Iqbal International airport? Apart from the fact that they were the first Indian national cricket team to tour Pakistan in 15 years, they represented a warming of relations between south Asia's nuclear powers, nations that might be able to teach a few lessons to others.

Distillers Start North American Tour
While corporate music leaders are trying to convince the world that there's something to Nora Jones (chanteuse is French for gutless whiner it seems), Brody Dalle and her band, The Distillers, have started on a North American tour that proves there might be a few miles left in rock and roll after all.

Shah's Wife Farah Casts Unwitting Light on Iranian Revolution
No form of writing is as self-serving as memoirs. The author's bias is inherent, but at least, it is clear for all to perceive. Moreover, one reads them to uncover truths of which the author is unaware. With that in mind, one approaches "An Enduring Love: My Life with the Shah," by Farah Pahlavi, former the Empress of Iran.