‘BOMBAY DREAMS’ ON BROADWAY: Jubilant scenes from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s production of ‘Bombay Dreams,’ a reworked version of which officiallyd at the Broadway Theater on April 29. (File photo)

Norah Jones’ 2nd album swept records: ‘Feels Like Home,’ the much-awaited second album by Norah Jones, more than exceeded all expectations in its first week, notching up sales of over a million copies –– 1,022,149 copies to be exact. Hitting stores on Feb. 10, the album also swept records in Britain and 15 other countries. And in its second week, it was at top of the U.S. album charts, selling 395,000 copies. (File photo)

Samant, 77, N.Y. artist from India: Painter Mohan Samant, a New Yorker, died on Jan. 22. He was 77. Born in Mumbai, he was famous for his style of fusing ancient Hindu imagery and Egyptian wall paintings with contemporary concepts in art.

Mohapatra, 78, doyen of Odissi dance: Kelucharan Mohapatra, the man who could bewitchingly transform himself into a sensuous woman through the supple movements of Odissi dance, died in Bhubaneswar following a heart attack on April 7 at the age of 78, leaving behind a rich repertoire of Odissi for which he could arguably take the sole credit. Mohapatra, right, is seen teaching Odissi dance at ‘Srijan,’ a dance institute which he founded in Bhubaneswar. (File Photo)

‘Guantanamo’ presented: Harsh Nayyar, Ramsay Fargallah and Maulik Pancholy in ‘Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom,’ presented by The Culture Project at 45 Bleecker St., N.Y., in September. Based on letters, interviews and legal briefs related to British detainees in Guantanamo Bay, it consisted mainly of monologues directed straight at the audience. (File Photo)

The doyenne of Carnatic music, ‘M.S.’ Subbulakshmi performed at the U.N. General Assembly on U.N. Day in 1966. The death of Subbulakshmi, whose soulful and mellifluous voice moved Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, was mourned by millions across the world. She died on Dec. 11. (File Photo)

From left, Kayhan Kalhor on the kamancheh, an ancient Persian spiked fiddle; Shujaat Hussain Khan, sitarist and vocalist, and Sandeep Das on the tabla, of the ensemble ‘Ghazal.’ Lincoln Center presented at Avery Fisher Hall on Aug. 27 a pre-concert discussion by Kalhor, Khan and Das, of the ensemble, with Louis Langree, conductor of Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, and musicologist Anastasia Tsioulcas. (File Photo)

TENDULKAR FESTIVAL IN NYC –– Vijay Tendulkar, the many-faceted playwright who has dominated the Indian stage for four decades, was the subject of a festival in New York City. The screening of three of his films and the staging of ‘Ghashiram Kotwal’ was capped by a month-long production of his famous play ‘Sakharam Binder’ from Oct. 21 to Nov. 21. Seen in photo, Tendulkar, right, speaking at theng reception of the festival at the Consulate General of India in New York on Oct. 4. (File Photo)

Raza’s painting fetched record $220,300: ‘Rajputana,’ Syed Haider Raza’s acrylic on canvas which fetched $220,300, a world record for the Indian artist, in an auction at Christie’s, N.Y., on Sept. 23. It is a world auction record for the artist, son of a Madhya Pradesh forestry official who first studied art in Nagpur, then followed it up in Mumbai and Paris. The previous record for Raza stood at $158,025 achieved at the Saffronart online summer auction from May 4-6. (File Photo)