Parts 8 and 9 Summary and Analysis

Vox Pox, 1 - The author describes how, in a New York jazz club, a a famous Western jazz drummer and an equally famous (in the East) Indian drummer took each other by surprise with their skill and joy in playing.

2 - The author describes the atmosphere at the Indo-Jazz Yatra, a conference/festival organized by Indian jazz fans that featured American jazz in the evenings and recitals of Indian music in the mornings.

3 - The author describes how an argument between a Western man and an Eastern man over a motorcycle ended with the two men taking a ride together and returning in happy conversation and wearing each other's culture-centric clothes.

4 - The author narrates a story told at a party of an Indian high school dropout gaining friends and success by establishing himself in New York City as...