Headscarf Awards, a Turkish Rushdie and the Aboriginal Art Collecting Tradeoff
February 12th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker
Designer Priya Patil has won the British Council’s “Creative Future 2007″ for her headscarves for women, a $1 billion market. [The Hindu]
The BJP is praising Musharraf for restoring Katasraj temple. [dna India]
“A writer is always more than a writer in Turkey, much more so than in America … We don’t discuss the writing, but we discuss the writer herself. Eventually, every writer has to face the question — are you ready to be a public intellectual?” asks Elif Shafak, a modern day Rushdie, who travels with bodyguards to protect her. Shafak’s crime? Publishing about the Armenian genocide. [NY Times]
Although it seems to sell well, Australian police are warning galleries that aboriginal art also steals well. [CBC]
KOCH has launched Kosmos Records, “to be a reminder of God’s love for all of mankind and that our music should be made to appeal to everyone.” [EURweb]