What would India’s soft power be without Bappi?
In its June 2009 edition, the Proceedings of the Centre for Soft Power Studies reported how Jimmy Zingchak holds sway over the people of Kazakhstan. Today it brings to your attention the wonderful Tajik Jimmy—whose career mirrors that of the Jimmy incarnation. Baimurat Allaberiyev, who herded sheep for [...]
From the Proceedings of the Centre for Soft Power Studies
At lunch yesterday, the man who returned from Kazakhstan informed two “hawkish Indian strategists” that Mithun Chakraborty was (still) big in Almaty. Jimmy continues to be an inspiration there (as the following music video shows).
No, it’s not only the Central Asian steppes that Mithunda is hegemonising. [...]
There are good reasons to carry the Olympic torch. Aamir Khan gave the worst one.
Aamir Khan, it has been reported, has turned down pleas by Tibetan refugees, fans, friends and some members of his family not to carry the Olympic torch on its Indian leg on April 17th.
His decision is in sharp contrast to that [...]
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