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The Los Angeles Times (Electronic Edition) By JOHN-THOR DAHLBURG and AMITABH SHARMA SPECIAL TO THE TIMES SEPTEMBER 22, 1995 NEW DELHI - In the south Indian city of Bangalore, a high-stakes game of chicken is being played--and Col. Sanders could be the loser. At issue is the first of what Kentucky Fried Chicken hopes will soon be 30 of its restaurants in India. Its foes, who are trying to shut down the pioneering eatery, claim American fast food is a baneful influence on India's economy and environment, counter to the country's best interests and dangerous and unhealthy for those who eat it. "Look at the children" of overseas Indixo, said M. D. Nanjundaswamy, leader of the farmers organization spearheading the anti-KFC campaign. "These overgrown kids look like broiler chickens themselves." Nanjundaswamy has called for "people's action" in India's fast-growing computer capital to drive out an intruder he claims is serving poultry st...

Pop music: Record chiefs bet the next global hits will be rap monologues tinged with a Punjabi folk genre known as bhangra Published December 26, 1994 Los Angeles Times |AMITABH SHARMA | SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEW DELHI — They come in all sorts of fancy packages, colors and catchy names. Many are imports. They're not the latest detergents to hit India, but in a way they, too, are products of its liberalized market and changing society. For anybody who thinks Indian music means the twanging sitar strings of Ravi Shankar or the booming tabla drums of Zakir Hussain, the new generation of popular singers here is as unnervingly shocking as Luciano Pavarotti doing the moonwalk. Check out these lyrics to one recent hit, "Stop That": My grandpa wears diapers, on his specs he has wipers I have played football on Mt. Everest, pushed a train with both hands I am a little kid 100 years old, too early to get married. The Gita it isn't, admittedly. But such rap monolog...

Published December 23, 2007 The Gleaner Rhiya Singh, a devout Hindu, says her daily prayers and visits the temple but when it comes to Christmas, she is steeped in the spirit of the season, lighting up the house and decorating the Christmas tree. "I would not consider myself as just Hindu," says Rhiya. "I celebrate Christmas like any other Christian. I accept Jesus as God and consider myself more spiritual (during this season)." For Rani Jagnarine, a biotechnology student at the University of the West Indies (UWI), Christmas is a time to enjoy the festivities. "I love the Christmas season," says Rani. "This is a week of celebration that we look forward to and enjoy." Francis Ranil Raj, an exchange student at UWI from Fiji, says that Christmas is an extended feast for everyone in his country, "December 25 and 26 are holidays in Fiji, the family and friends get together and have a feast." For Rhiya an...

It was a touch of retro nostalgia, contemporary chic and serenade that oozed emotions...Hezron, Tessanne Chin, Tarrus Riley and Freddie McGregor got the crowds to their feet, humming, dancing and asking for encore. It was a night to remember when music resonated with the heartbeats....an essence of how the night transpired... Tarrus Riley Hezron Tessanne Chin Tarrus Riley Dean Fraser Freddie McGregor Betty Wright

Finding Cuban skies in Rosalinda's eyes...

she's so good with her stiletto, you don't really mind the pain...

Getting high in the holiday spirit!!

A pair of dolphins swim around Dolphin Cove, Jamaica's premier attraction offers visitors a slice of island's culture, nature and life It is Jamaica condensed into a 5-acre capsule; from lush green foliage that welcomes the visitor, to the turquoise blue waters of the Caribbean touching your feet and occasional 'pirate' jumping out to 'greet' you.  Dolphin Cove at Treasure Reef goes beyond swimming and petting the aquatic mammals. Signs at Dolphin Cove Regarded as one of Jamaica’s premier attractions, this Ocho Rios, St. Ann jewel has over the years added several sections to complement the flora and fauna of the property and the town that earned the reputation Jamaica’s ‘Cruise Shipping Capital’. “Over the years Dolphin Cove has expanded and now has a nature trail, birds, Iguana and snakes,” said Stafford Burrowes, president of Dolphin Cove. The attraction, which commenced operations in 2001, gives visitors a chance to romp around with the one-eyed pi...