“Take advantage of what exists.” — Laozi

• The politics of heritage : From the Deccan Herald
• “‘A completely new insight into culture and art” : New York-based Shen Yun Performing Arts
• “Padma Bhushans have strings attached” : Says Suhas Roy, declining government honors
• Giant solar-powered crane : a 35,000-pound 45-foot-tall living art installation of aluminum tubes and mesh fabric derived from Japanese origami
• Mughal hookah fetches 234,000 pounds at Bonhams : What down economy?
• Andy’s Cambodia: www.andybrouwer.co.uk: 7-Headed bust of Hevajra : Now on display at the Met