Chaka Khan!

Went to a jazz concert tonight courtesy of the US Department of State--hence, it was free! Herbie Hancock played along with several other jazz artists...which I'm sure you'd know if you know anything about jazz. The highlight of everyone's evening though was Chaka Khan in some scary transparent black pants, which exposed the thigh area in ways that made everyone feel awkward, and an even scarier red wig, boustier, and gold lamee shirt which accented her assets, if you get my drift.

Zakir Hussain, an internationally known tabla player, tap danced with his hands. And the crowd weaved and bobbed.

(Update: I had a couple of questions from readers about what the occasion was. Last week there were several public events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King's visit to India. One of thse events was a jazz performance by several major American artists. Additionally, MLK Jr.'s son, Martin Luther King III, was here to remember his father's legacy, and I attended an interesting, but very hot (no A/C), discussion about the similarity between MLK's approach during the Civil Rights Movement and Mahatma Ghandi's nonviolent ethos. From the US Consulate website:

Martin Luther King III and a U.S. Congressional delegation led by Rep. John Lewis and Rep. Spencer Bachus are visiting Mumbai and Ahmedabad while in western India, February 18-20. The visit is part of an India-wide visit by Martin Luther King III to retrace the steps of his father's pilgrimage in 1959. Upon Dr. King, Jr.'s return to the U.S., he and other leaders of the civil rights movement drew on Gandhi's ideas to transform American society. At their first public event in Mumbai, Martin Luther King III and the U.S. Congressional delegation visited the Gateway of India to honor the victims of Mumbai's 11/26 attacks. Martin Luther King III explained that his father's ideas on non-violence developed during his visit to India to study Mahatma Gandhi, in 1959. The terrorist attacks launched from the Gateway of India illustrated the need to resolve differences peacably as Gandhi advocated. Congressman John Lewis, active in the struggle to secure civil rights for African-Americans, marched with Martin Luther King Jr. to Montgomery, Alabama. He advocated non-violence as a path to resolve the differences between peoples.


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