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Jan 31, 2000

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Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet They're in the "world music" genre. They're Michel Sanchez and Eric Mouquet of the international group Deep Forest, who made a flying visit to Pune last week and spoke to Robin Abreu:

Why do you have such an unglamorous name?
We want people to enjoy our music, not our faces. The name comes from the fact that our music originated from the heart of Africa, and that we love the environment.
If you come back to India, where would you like to play?
In the rural areas. The cities are so crowded here but rural life is picturesque and calm. Suits our type of music.
How did two nice boys suddenly decide to take up this form of music?
We've always been fascinated with new sounds. We're both interested in synthesisers and when we discovered ethnic and modern music could sound so wonderful when mixed together, we realised we had to share this with everyone.
Would you like to team up with any Indian artistes, do something with an Indian flavour?
Of course. We're talking to Rahman, Ravi Shankar and others. Something will definitely come out.

Marine to the Core
Anuradha Bhagwati

Turns out even the most elite of US military institutions isn't off limits for desis. Anuradha Bhagwati, 24, has become perhaps the first south Asian woman officer (most likely the first, but no such records are maintained) in the history of the US Marine Corps. "This isn't quite typical of an Indian girl," admits the Yale graduate, daughter of eminent economists Jagdish Bhagwati and Padma Desai, "but I feel so at home here, though I didn't think I'd survive the training." Just 5 per cent of officers in the Corps are women, so lady, you've more than just "survived".

Let's Party
K.J.Yesudas A big bash for a big man. As part of singer K.J. Yesudas' shashtipoorthi celebrations, on January 19 the Kerala Government and cultural organisation Swaralaya got together a whole string of singers including his teenaged son Vijay, and 85-year-old guru K. Dakshinamoorthy. His friends and fans had earlier held a 24-hour sangeetha aradhana to honour him. There's more coming. "I never thought turning 60 could be such a wonderful experience," beamed Yesudas, veteran of over 35,000 film songs in various languages. As we said, big man.

Fratricidal Formula
Strange formula. anyone noticed that Twinkle Khanna's screen brothers are dropping dead all around? Call it unhappy coincidence or part of a larger plan, but her bhai in International Khiladi (IK), Vivek Shauq, was dumped in the early reels of the film; her Baadshah brother Deepak Tijori was murdered; and in Mela, bhaiyya Ayub Khan didn't make it past Reel 3. All three films too died an early death at the box office. Anyway, says IK maker Keshu Ramsay, "It's just the demand of the scene. It's not done on purpose." A coincidence, then.

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