Lalgudi Jayaraman, 82, Titan Of South Indian Violin

Regarded as one of the top performers of Carnatic (South Indian classical) music on any instrument, Jayaraman was respected as a both a great soloist and an accompanist of singers and other instruments, composed numerous concert pieces and several film scores, and was a very influential teacher who developed an entirely new fingering technique for his instrument.

Thailand Bans Documentary About 2011 Protests And Cambodia Border Dispute

“Nontawat Numbenchapol’s documentary Boundary zeroes in on a soldier caught up in the 2011 ‘red shirt’ protests that paralysed Bangkok and led to the deaths of almost 100 people, before following him to his hometown on the Thai-Cambodian border.” The Thai culture ministry’s ban on the movie calls it “a threat to national security and international relations.”

How The E-Book Challenges Our Notions Of Ownership

“It used to be that a book was published, and that was it. Permanent, physical, tangible, it could be referred to for as long as the copy survived. That’s not the case any more. We live in a world where page numbers – if they exist at all – don’t correlate from device to device, where digital text can be updated at the touch of a button, where the ebooks we own can vanish without our say-so. It’s something which is becoming a real issue, particularly for academics.”