American Symphony Orch. Switches From Freelance to Salaried Status

“The American Symphony Orchestra is on the verge of completing a contract that would offer its musicians salaried positions for the first time in its 48-year history … The proposal would convert the ASO, a regular presence at venues including Carnegie Hall, into a standing orchestra, meaning its 82 tenured musicians would receive salaries equivalent to their current per-service earnings.”

P. Lal. 81, Patriarch of English Book Publishing in India

“Professor Lal’s business was publishing Indian writers in English. Of the great old works he made masterly translations; new writers he encouraged.” (He published the early works of, among others, Vikram Seth, Dilip Hiro and Anita Desai.) “No secretary, assistant or copy editor helped him; he did all the nitty gritty of correcting and editing himself.” His other great project was translating the entire 100,000-verse Mahabharata into readable English.