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RTÉ News
27-05-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Life of Beatles' road manager celebrated with museum display
The life of the Beatles' road manager has been celebrated on what would have been his 90th birthday. Mal Evans was road manager and personal assistant to the band from 1963 until their break-up in 1970 but died six years later when he was shot by police in Los Angeles in the US. A display dedicated to Mr Evans was revealed at the Liverpool Beatles Museum on Tuesday, which would have been his birthday, in front of his children Julie Rossow and Gary Evans. Ms Rossow said: "I find it a real honour to be honest; the recognition and the interest people have in him. It's really lovely and very special." She said interest in his life had grown since he was shown in Peter Jackson's documentary series The Beatles: Get Back, which aired in 2021. A biography about him, Living The Beatles Legend, written by Kenneth Womack, was published in 2023. Ms Rossow said: "It's changed my life in ways. People who knew him and knew stories have been able to tell me and I've learnt more about him. It's been an incredible journey." She added: "I was born in 1966 when he was away with the Beatles and from what I know he was told by them 'your wife's had a baby girl - go and see her'. "He loved those four boys, to the detriment of his family at times. What a life he had." Among the items going on display on Tuesday is a signet ring which Mr Evans lost in a poker game to fellow roadie Neil Aspinall - whose son Roag Best runs the museum. The ring was apparently thrown into the pot by Mr Evans during card games in 1964, when the band stayed in Paris for concerts at the Olympic Theatre. Ms Rossow said: "I never knew this story. The ring was given to him on his 21st birthday from his parents so it was a bit naughty of him to lose it but he must have been caught in the wildness and excitement of a poker match. "From speaking to Roag I believe he lost the ring several times and was given it back but lost it finally to Neil." A portrait of Mr Evans, by artist Dave Miles, was also unveiled on Tuesday.
India Gazette
15-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"Pakistan knows India will no longer play normal games of diplomatic measures," says Strategic expert Richard Rossow
Washington, DC [US] May 15 (ANI): The stupendous success of Operation Sindoor in eliminating terror sites deep inside Pakistan and its ability to stave off the Pakistani offensive has made strategic experts sit up and take notice. India and Emerging Asia Economics, Center for Strategic and International Studies Chair, Richard Rossow says that Pakistan has now realised that India is no longer just going to play the game of diplomatic countermeasures if it continues with its misadventures. 'We have seen a steady escalation. The times that India suffered terror attacks, looking back to 2016, when India took the step on initiating a cross-border ground assault against terror camps in PoK. Then, in 2019, where there was an air assault on Pakistan, this was a different form of escalation... Once the escalation began, for India to begin hitting military bases was a step in a new direction... It's an important moment when I think Pakistan understands that India is not just going to play the normal game of diplomatic measures, counterattacks and the separation that Pakistan always hoped for between terror camps and military. India sees a lot less difference than what they did in times past,' Rossow told ANI. Rossow also says that India managed to get the upper hand even dilpomatically with most nations speaking up in favour of the action taken by India against the terror operatives. 'India has a lot deeper relationships with a much larger set of countries. They certainly have made their voice known over time on concerns about the ever-present threat of terrorism emanating from Pakistan. To see that most countries that stepped in and voiced an opinion on this were siding with India. The countries that felt otherwise might have been a little bit quieter or offered their support more quietly to Islamabad. India has done a lot of work on trying to be a leader in the Global South, its leadership at the G20, engagement with the West and the Quad... Not surprisingly, India finds a lot more friends now when something like this escalates than it would have had 25-30 years ago,' he said. India launched Operation Sindoor on May 7 in response to the Pahalgam terror attack, and precise strikes hit terror infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir. Twenty-six people were killed in the heinous terror attack in Pahalgam on April 22. (ANI)
India Gazette
14-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"India has a lot deeper relationships with a much larger set of countries": US Expert
Washington DC [US], May 15 (ANI): Richard Rossow, Chairperson of India and Emerging Asia Economics, said that India has deeper relationships with many countries as compared to Pakistan. Rossow, while talking to ANI on Wednesday, said that India made threats emanating from Pakistan very clear, and has done a lot of work in being a leader of the Global South. 'Overall India has a lot deeper relationships with a much larger set of countries. They certainly made their voice known over time on concerns about the ever-present threat of terrorism emanating from Pakistan. To see that most countries that stepped in and voiced an opinion on this at all were siding with India. The countries that felt otherwise, you know, might have been a little bit quieter or offered their support more quietly to Islamabad,' he said. Rossow said that it is not surprising that India finds a lot of friends today than it would have a few decades ago. 'But India has done a lot of work on trying to be a leader progressively in the global South, its leadership at the G20, it's engagement with the West, the Quad, things like that. So it's not terribly surprising India finds a lot more friends when something like this escalates than, you know, maybe would have happened 25-30 years ago,' he said. As of Wednesday, an Indian technical team was in New York, interacting with the Monitoring Team of the 1267 Sanctions Committee and other partner countries in the UN. The team will also meet the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) and Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate (CTED). On Tuesday, during his weekly briefing, Official Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal emphasised the links of the perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack and The Resistance Front- a terror group that owned up to their involvement in the attack twice. (ANI)
India Gazette
14-05-2025
- Politics
- India Gazette
"This was a different form of escalation," Expert says on Operation Sindoor
Washington DC [US], May 14 (ANI): Richard Rossow, Chairperson of India and Emerging Asia Economics said that India has adopted a different course this time as compared to the past attacks by Pakistan. Rossow, while speaking to ANI, said that this is a new step in a new direction. 'This was a different form of escalation, a large number of targets, and you know, once the escalation began for a step in kind of a new direction as well,' he said. Rossow looked back in 2019 when Indian warplanes hit Pakistan's terrorist camps in Pakistan. 'We have seen a steady escalation in the times that India suffered terror attacks. Looking back to 2016 when India took the step on initiating a cross-border ground assault against terror camps in Pakistan occupied Kashmir, and then of course in 2019 where you actually had air assaults on Pakistan proper,' he said. Rossow added that Pakistan must now understand that India will not just play through diplomacy, but will the games will change. 'So it's an important moment when I think Pakistan understands that India is not just going to play the normal game of diplomatic measures that the counterattacks and the separation that Pakistan always hoped for between terror camps and military. India views as a lot less different than what they did in times past. So meaningful changes, I think, and how we've seen this escalation from times past,' he said. Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs responded to a recent statement made by the Pakistan Foreign Office, emphasising that Pakistan's history of nurturing terrorism on an industrial scale makes it accountable for the Spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs, Randhir Jaiswal, during the weekly press conference, stated that Pakistan's attempt to escape the consequences of its actions is futile, given its long history of supporting terrorism. He highlighted that the terrorist infrastructure sites destroyed by India were responsible for the deaths of not only Indians but also many other innocents around the world. (ANI)
