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	In His Father’s Steps Shafqat Ali Khan sings for the world By Yafonne | Special to AsianWeek If you’ve heard Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, the classical South Asian singer whose qawwali vocal style enchanted Peter Gabriel and was featured in the film Dead Man Walking, you may be even more enthralled by Ustad Shafqat Ali Khan, an internationally acclaimed classical singer from Pakistan whose husky and soulful voice resonates with emotional intensity. Son of the legendary international classical singer Ustad Salamat Ali Khan, who passed away in July 2001, Shafqat Khan is the youngest heir of a prominent musical dynasty that dates back 11 generations to the Mughal times of Emperor Akbar the Great in the 15th century. In fact, he is now the last torchbearer for this kind of North Indian classical vocal music tradition, better known as the Sham Chaurasi school from East Punjab, Pakistan. Ustad is a title that means teacher. COMPLETE STORY...		Next Level Luxury (Feature) APAs Speak Out Against Bush’s Anti-Affirmative Action Stance (in National News) San Jose State Frat Brawl Ends in Death of 23-Year-Old APA (in Bay Area News) The Getaway: Lots of Heart, But No Love (in Consumer) In His Father’s Steps (in A&E) Emil Amok: The State of Our Union (in Opinion)

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'The Guru' May Be the Future of Hollywood New Age comedy entertaining, but unenlightening By Justin Lowe | Special to AsianWeek If India’s submission of Devdas — only the second Bollywood film (following last year’s Lagaan) to qualify for consideration in the Oscar’s Best Foreign Language Film category — signifies Bollywood’s increasing crossover appeal in the American movie market, The GuruEoffers a glimpse of the future: Bollywood-Hollywood hybridizations. Conceived by producer/director Shekhar Kapur (Elizabeth, The Four Feathers) for Hugh Grant’s Working Title production company (Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill, About a Boy), The Guru is as unapologetically derivative as any of its predecessors. In transferring Kapur’s own immigrant experience breaking into the British movie industry to a New York setting, The Guru’s romantic comedy formula falls victim to a raft of familiar racial and cultural stereotypes that prove mildly entertaining, if unsurprisingly unenlightening.

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