1. We want to escape into an almost childish world of bold expressiveness, and a little pop art can take us just that much closer to it." Last year, Arora wove an image of India‘s rattletrap vehicle, the 3–wheeled black and yellow auto–rickshaw, into the center of a rug, deifying it with a lotus under it.

2. "It was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army," Howard said, noting that Australia provided the allies with one million men and women in uniform despite having a population of only 7 million when war broke out in Europe in 1'3'. Casting a shadow over the commemorations is the Yasukuni shrine and speculation that Koizumi will visit, eliciting the rage of China and the Koreas which revile the site for deifying among its war dead several Japanese war criminals, including World War II prime minister Hideki Tojo.

3. Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister John Howard lauded Australian troops who become the first among the allies to defeat Japanese land forces in the Battle of Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea – a landmark victory. It was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army,‘‘ Howard said, noting that Australia provided the allies with 1 million men and women in uniform despite having a population of only 7 million when war broke out in Europe in 1'3'. Casting a shadow over the commemorations is the Yasukuni shrine and speculation that Koizumi would visit, eliciting the rage of China and the Koreas, which revile the site for deifying among its war dead several Japanese war criminals, including World War II prime minister Hideki Tojo.

4. Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister John Howard lauded Australian troops who become the first among the allies to defeat Japanese land forces in the Battle of Milne Bay in Papua New Guinea – a landmark victory. It was the Australians who first broke the invincibility of the Japanese army,‘‘ Howard said, noting that Australia provided the allies with one million men and women in uniform despite having a population of only 7 million when war broke out in Europe in 1'3'. Casting a shadow over the commemorations is the Yasukuni shrine and speculation that Koizumi will visit, eliciting the rage of China and the Koreas which revile the site for deifying among its war dead several Japanese war criminals, including World War II prime minister Hideki Tojo.