Women in Hindustani Music:Diva Lighting the Way
Padmabhushan Girija Devi in Concert With Arup Chattopadhyay (tabla), Rupan Sarkar (harmonium, vocals),
SudhaDutta and Amie Maciszewski (tanpuras)
     Girija Devi, a living legend at 75, is one of India’s leading classical vocalists and the doyenne of the Benares Gharana (stylistic community). Her vast repertoire includes the classical genre khyal, as well as her specialties, the lyrical thumri-dadra, the lightning-fast tappa, the charming seasonal song types from her native Benares, and the movingly spiritual bhajan. Calling her “a Hindustani diva,” the Chicago Tribune has compared the finesse and emotional intensity of Girija Devi’s performance to that of jazz stalwarts such as Ella Fitzgerald.
Saturday, Oct. 9, 2004, 7:00 p.m.
Jones Auditorium, St. Edward’ University
Presented by Sangeet Millennium
Tour supported by Sangeet Research Academy, Calcutta
Tickets: $35 (VIP), $25 (door), $20 (adv), $12 (student/sr)
Available online at www.sulekha.com
For info, visit http://www.utexas.edu/cola/southasia/

The University of Texas at Austin South Asia Institute presents...
A Public Lecture by M.J. Akbar
"South Asia and the Middle East after 9/11"
Monday, October 11, 2004, 7 p.m., Bass Lecture Hall, LBJ School of Public Affairs

      MJ Akbar is founder and editor of the Asian Age, India's first global newspaper with editions in Delhi, Bombay, Calcutta, and London. In the
mid-1970s, Akbar helped launch modern magazine journalism in India by assuming editorship of the weekly Sunday magazine. In 1982, Akbar conceived, designed and edited what would become a major English news daily, The Telegraph. He founded the Asian Age in 1994.
      A one-time Member of India‚s Parliament, MJ Akbar has also received critical acclaim for his biography of Jawaharlal Nehru, as well as his work on ethnic conflict in South Asia. India: The Siege Within appeared in 1984 and Kashmir, Behind the Veil was published in 1991 (with a new edition in 2002).
His most recent full-length book is The Shade of Swords: Jihad and the Conflict Between Islam and Christianity (2003).