Conductor, മലയാളി, making transnational #SocialImpact & #PublicDiplomacy via Music. Artistic Dir. of @music4lifeintl | Mr @bowiesnodgrass
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Thinking of his joy of music making, always curious, always finding new ideas in the music.
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It is with profound sorrow that we bid farewell to Herbert Blomstedt. Our former Gewandhauskapellmeister & Conductor Laureate passed away today, 4 November 2026, in Gothenburg, at the age of 99. We pay tribute to his remarkable life's work with the deepest gratitude & respect.
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The entire Democratic Party owes a massive debt of gratitude to Zohran Mamdani.
Before his rapid rise, the party was largely rudderless, suffering from a loss of direction, momentum, and self-confidence. By drifting away from the working class, the party naturally saw voters walk away in response.
Mamdani single-handedly corrected the course, bringing vital energy, ideological clarity, and an authentic connection back to the very people who had been left behind.
Without his influence, the party’s current standing would look very different.
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The loss of Stephen Kovacevich. He was always keen to tell me he was a regular listener and I had the great privilege of hosting his last ever appearance @BBCRadio3 talking to him and Martha Argerich @wigmore_hall about their years together on stage. RIP to a great performer.
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TIME Magazine has released the full, unedited transcript of its interview with Trump alongside its cover story I put in the comments. I had to take several breaks to get through it, it's bad, really bad, because it's our President. If you've ever visited a loved one in a Memory Care facility you'd know the residents can give hours long dissertations without saying anything of substance, long strings of filterless free association that could lead anywhere. While Trump has always been a narcissist and a con man, he was also an effective communicator, you can't pull a successful con without that skill. What we see in this interview seems to be truly disturbing and we need to face it together as a nation and do something about it. Please take the time to read.
time.com/article/2026/10/01/…
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“The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” won the Emmy for outstanding variety series after ending its 11-year-run in May. nyti.ms/4hoohO9
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"My message to the people of the UK is that I'll train the new guy but you're going to have to stick with one of them eventually."
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A dog?! That wasn't part of our deal Burnham!
As cats Jojo and Prince vacate No 10 with the Starmers, it appears Andy Burnham will be bringing Axel the rescue dog to Downing St
Boris, Sunak, Hunt and Javid are recent Downing St dog dads
More in Political Animals, available on Amazon, in shops or at petercardwell.com
ALT Andy Burnham with Axel
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Nigel Farage condescendingly asserts that nobody cares that he was given £5 million by an overseas crypto-billionaire. As with so much, he is wrong.
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Trump's new and not very bright DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullins says he is drawing up plans to stop processing international flights and travelers in "sanctuary cities".
This is his answer to protests.
Are he and Duffy just trying their damnest to stop tourism in the USA?
Instead of ruining tourism Mullins needs to make humane treatment mandatory in detention centers.
I guess the solution is too complicated for him to come up with on his own.
#DemsUnited
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India’s newly appointed Ambassador to China, Vikram Doraiswami, is winning praise online after a video emerged of him speaking fluent Mandarin during a tour of the Indian Embassy in Beijing. Smoothly breaking down the cultural, consular, and commercial wings, the veteran diplomat traded stiff press releases for a masterclass in public diplomacy.
Doraiswami steps into this crucial Beijing role directly after high-profile stints navigating complex trade and political waters as India’s High Commissioner to both the United Kingdom and Bangladesh
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Acting DHS Secretary Stephen Miller next? If Trump can blow past the Constitution, laws, and regulations for Whitaker, a mere statute should be no problem for Miller. Miller is about as qualified for that job as Whitaker is for AG. washingtonpost.com/world/nat…
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Happy 100th wonderful David Attenborough!
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Sad news: one of the great chroniclers of our times, the venerable Sir Mark Tully, the voice of the BBC in India for decades, has passed away. You were an inspiration Tully Saab for many of us: someone who loved India and its people dearly while holding a mirror to the powerful. RIP. Om Shanti.
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Mark Tully was a giant among journalists and the greatest Indophile of his generation. He was also a uniquely warm, generous, gentle, kind and helpful man, at whose feet I was honoured to sit for many years as he patiently explained the subtleties & nuances of India. As the voice of BBC India he was irreplaceable, a man prepared to stand up to power and to tell the truth, however uncomfortable. Both privately and professionally, he will be much, much missed.
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This is absolutely disgusting. Listen to this Minneapolis pastor talk about how he was assaulted by ICE!
“An ICE agent literally came over to me and said, ‘what did you say?’ I said ‘I am not afraid,’ and they pointed a gun in my face. ICE put handcuffs on my hands and put me in a black SUV and then a few moments later they came back and they said, ‘are you afraid yet,’ and I said, ‘no,’ and then they said it: ‘Well you're white. You wouldn't be fun anyway.’ It was then that I knew that the staging that these ICE raids are really about fear and intimidation.”
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Odisha too has one of the largest reserves of Monazite & REE alongside Andhra, Tamil Nadu & Kerala in India. Monazite mining is banned in China & Australia due to contamination of water sources which leads to widespread kidney disease in mining areas.
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After the House refused to display it, the Senate unanimously agreed to hang a plaque honoring the officers who protected the Capitol on Jan. 6. It only took five years. nbcnews.com/politics/congres…
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Sudan’s humanitarian crisis (if that’s what to call the result of mass atrocities) is today the world’s worst. Kordofan is the latest region under threat by the United Arab Emirates-armed Rapid Support Forces, yet global attention remains disturbingly low. trib.al/vWYIDlF
