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Too real for comfort asTV families feud UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS EXPERIMENT ENDS IN HUMILIATION AND ROWS ON CAMERA
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IN a modern take on the Seventies TV series Upstairs Downstairs,
two families agreed to take turns playing masters and servants for a
Channel 4 series. For a week the Hasting-Evans family would fetch and
carry for the Mehtas before the tables were turned.
It was meant to be a lighthearted experiment. TV executives hoped
it would paint a fascinating picture of the discomfort a modern
family felt issuing orders to domestic staff - and how they reacted
to being forced into unfamiliar ser...
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The Churning Mind Of Deepa Mehta; In the Fight to Film 'Water,' Director Confronted Elemental Forces in India
The Washington Post
; Deepa Mehta, the Indian-born writer and film director, vividly remembers what it was like to receive death threats and be burned in effigy. "Your throat's always dry," she says not altogether coolly, even six years after the fact. "Your fists are always clenched, and your teeth are clenched,
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DEEPA MEHTA DESPITE THREATS, WITH 'WATER' SHE CONTINUES TO MAKE CONTROVERSIAL FILMS ABOUT INDIA, THE LAND SHE KNOWS SO WELL
The Boston Globe
; IT'S HARD NOT TO TAKE IT personally when angry mobs burn your effigy in the streets. That's the reception that Indian-born, Toronto- based filmmaker Deepa Mehta met with in 2000 in the holy city of Varanasi when she first attempted to shoot "Water," her film about the plight of Hindu widows in the
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Profile of Raj Mehta, a Plainview-based Infosys entrepreneur
Long Island Business News
; As one of six children growing up in an upper-middle class family in western India, Raj Mehta used to get that extra consideration extended to the youngest. "You have to share everything, but I got priority," he recalled. Perhaps that's why when he came to the United States, Mehta wanted to fly
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Why has "Water" evaporated? The controversy over Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta. (India).
off our backs
; Deepa Mehta's intended film trilogy is stalled. With production halted and only two of the three films completed, the future of Mehta's project remains in question. As Mehta releases a new movie, we are again reminded of the fate of her most famous endeavor. Controversy is nothing new for this
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Mehta made lifetime member of Vienna Philharmonic
India Abroad
; Mehta, Manik India Abroad 05-11-2001 Mehta made lifetime member of Vienna Philharmonic On his 65th birthday India-born, internationally renowned conductor Zubin Mehta could not have asked for a better gift - lifetime honorary membership of the prestigious Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Aside from
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Zubin Mehta's Harmonics of Diplomacy; In Globe-Spanning Career, Conductor Has Artfully Fused Populism & Politics
The Washington Post
; Ramsis Kasis picks at his 11-string oud, a solo that soon makes room for Sami Kashibon's oriental violin. A high, plaintive whine arcs through the auditorium. Peter Marck deepens the sound with his double bass as the audience gazes down silently on the semicircle of Arab and Jewish musicians, whose
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Mehta in deep waters?
New Straits Times
; Tripat Narayanan New Straits Times 03-04-2000 Mehta in deep waters? Byline: Tripat Narayanan Edition: 2* Section: Spot On Memo: (STF) - Indian filmmaker Deepa Mehta is critically acclaimed in the West, but her treatment of controversial subjects in her films often puts her at odds with her home
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Mehta in the whirlwind; Busy conductor brings Israel Philharmonic to Tanglewood.(Scene)
The Boston Herald
; It wasn't the best time to talk to Zubin Mehta. The conductor was in Israel and, at 2 a.m., had just returned to the Tel Aviv Hilton after a concert in Haifa with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the ensemble he brings to Tanglewood for concerts tomorrow and Sunday. The hour wasn't the problem.
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India's new guru: on-line advice. (stock trader Harshad Mehta still doles out advice from his Web site despite facing 21 stock fraud charges)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US)
; MUMBAI MARKETS are meant to move on fundamentals. In India, however, regulators suspect that they are moving to the tune of a clever trader called Harshad Mehta. So far, they have not worked out what they ought to do about it. Mr Mehta, a stockbroker in Mumbai (Bombay), was allegedly at the hub of
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A Silicon Valley Samaritan.(USA)(Profile / Nipun Mehta)
The Christian Science Monitor
; Byline: Paul Van Slambrouck, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor SAN FRANCISCO -- Each morning, many hundreds here in Silicon Valley and beyond find a nugget of inspiration in their overnight pile of e-mail. The quote a day, ranging from Bruce Lee to Mahatma Gandhi, comes courtesy of
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