There’s some buzz surrounding plans to bring together western and Indian music for the U.K.-theatre production of MM Kaye’s classic romantic novel “The Far Pavilions”:

The original book, published in 1978, told the story of forbidden love between an Indian princess and a British army officer during the time of the Raj. To replicate the contrast between the two cultures that forms the essence of the book, the new musical, directed by Gale Edwards, has two composers - Philip Henderson, who is British, and Kuljit Bhamra, who is Indian. [BBC News]

Gurinder Chadha has got to be pissed. Her monopoly on brown-woman-white-man productions appears to have crumbled. Every KFC in her immediate vicinity is advised to prepare for an onslaught of takeout orders.

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