I n New York City based actor and activist Geeta Citygirl's adoring reaction to the death of 50-year old international singing sensation Michael Jackson, and Mumbai's Hindu nationalist octogenarian Bal Thakeray's admiration for him, is revealed the power of the legendary performer and icon to attract a wide swath of believers and have a multi-generational appeal
When Jackson said he was returning on stage for another round of 50 performances earlier this year, it was prophetic – "This is it.... This is the final curtain call," he said. That press conference was his final curtain call.
"He was my brother. I feel very sad for him," Dr. Deepak Chopra, specialist on mind-body medicine, who was a close friend and advisor to MJ, told CNN, "He was the closest thing to what I call exultation of the spirit," said Chopra who emphatically attributed the death to prescription drugs
Like most fans around the globe, Indians in the United States are rocked emotionally by his sudden death. If Bollywood copied Jackson, so did hundreds of Indian kids growing up in America. Many of the Jackson moves they did at various social events of Indian American organizations, were ironically a reverse transfer of Bollywood copies of MJ's moves
"I can remember going to
numerous Indian cultural shows over the decades and seeing desi kids on stage dancing to his music
and copying his style," Gitesh Pandya, head of the film consulting firm Box Office Guru told News India Times, "It's a tremendous loss for music lovers around the world. He could still hold a concert anywhere on planet Earth and sell out every seat within minutes." "My daughter Misha was besotted by his music as a teenager….she had his glove, every album and even did the moon dance," says Aroon
Shivdasani of the Indo-American Arts Council
Geeta Citygirl, artistic direc- tor of New York based Salaam Theater, on her site recalls her own maturation as a dancer. "I would watch his choreography over-and-over just to try and learn the entire routine." He was part of her family, she says. "My grandmother (Bari-Mama), my parents, my sis and my little bro all listened to and watched MJ." Meanwhile, according to a
n report in The Vancouver Sun, the forensic pathologist who is doing the autopsy on Michael Jackson happens to be of Indian origin. Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, said the Sun quoting from reports, was the one in charge. He was the medical examiner during the O.J. Simpson murder case and has testified in other high profile cases.
I n New York City based actor and activist Geeta Citygirl's adoring reaction to the death of 50-year old international singing sensation Michael Jackson, and Mumbai's Hindu nationalist octogenarian Bal Thakeray's admiration for him, is revealed the power of the legendary performer and icon to attract a wide swath of believers and have a multi-generational appeal
When Jackson said he was returning on stage for another round of 50 performances earlier this year, it was prophetic – "This is it.... This is the final curtain call," he said. That press conference was his final curtain call.
"He was my brother. I feel very sad for him," Dr. Deepak Chopra, specialist on mind-body medicine, who was a close friend and advisor to MJ, told CNN, "He was the closest thing to what I call exultation of the spirit," said Chopra who emphatically attributed the death to prescription drugs
Like most fans around the globe, Indians in the United States are rocked emotionally by his sudden death. If Bollywood copied Jackson, so did hundreds of Indian kids growing up in America. Many of the Jackson moves they did at various social events of Indian American organizations, were ironically a reverse transfer of Bollywood copies of MJ's moves
"I can remember going to
numerous Indian cultural shows over the decades and seeing desi kids on stage dancing to his music
and copying his style," Gitesh Pandya, head of the film consulting firm Box Office Guru told News India Times, "It's a tremendous loss for music lovers around the world. He could still hold a concert anywhere on planet Earth and sell out every seat within minutes." "My daughter Misha was besotted by his music as a teenager….she had his glove, every album and even did the moon dance," says Aroon
Shivdasani of the Indo-American Arts Council
Geeta Citygirl, artistic direc- tor of New York based Salaam Theater, on her site recalls her own maturation as a dancer. "I would watch his choreography over-and-over just to try and learn the entire routine." He was part of her family, she says. "My grandmother (Bari-Mama), my parents, my sis and my little bro all listened to and watched MJ." Meanwhile, according to a
n report in The Vancouver Sun, the forensic pathologist who is doing the autopsy on Michael Jackson happens to be of Indian origin. Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran, the Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, said the Sun quoting from reports, was the one in charge. He was the medical examiner during the O.J. Simpson murder case and has testified in other high profile cases.