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Article: Michael Jackson, Hindu nationalist. (singer to give 85% of his profit from concert in India to charity run by son of head of political party Shiv Sena)(Brief Article)
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- The Economist (US)
- Article date:
- November 2, 1996
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MUMBAI
DREAD of contamination by western culture afflicts Indian organisations from the religious right to the Marxist left. Agitators recently smashed up an office in Bangalore, and plastered another with cow dung, in protest against next week's Miss World contest, which they claim will erode Indian values.
So is Michael Jackson, a popular singer, being rash in planning a rock concert in Mumbai (Bombay) this week-end? Not at all. He has struck a deal to give 85% of the net profit from the concert to a charity run by the son of Bal Thackeray, head of the Shiv Sena, a local political party. You cannot buy a better insurance policy. The Shiv Sena is thought to ...