Vinda D. Karandikar
Shwetganga, Mrudhgandh
Kalamandalam Hyder Ali, 59, virtuoso Kathakali musician who transcended the art form’s visual and religious confines, dies in a car accident. Kathakali’s only known Muslim face, he got the music part of the performance its place in the sun.
Ali Smith’s The Accidental, on the experiences of a bored teenager, wins the Whitbread award for best novel.
The last surviving member of the Gang of Four, Yao Wenyuan, 74, dies. The Cultural Revolution purges of the ’60s, ’70s killed thousands of Chinese.
Lou Rawls, 72, Grammy-winning singer who had hits in doo-wop to disco, dies. Maybe Love is a Hurtin’ Thing.
M30402457 is short hand for the longest prime number yet, it has 9.1 million digits.
