In the tide countryAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANThe Hungry Tide by Amitav Ghosh; Ravi Dayal, 2004; pages 400, Rs.350.
Doordarshan's dilemmaAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANIf Doordarshan is to reinvent itself as a public broadcaster, it needs to pay more attention to its arts programming and audience's needs rather than
A sudden change of preferenceAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNAN"ALL parties contesting the elections are exploitative. Casting votes does not change lives." So claims a Naxalite pamphlet in Jagdalpur, in Bastar di
The everyday in `New New Delhi'AMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANOn `Room With A View', a participative installation project aimed at expressing the multiple meanings of urban space and art practice.
Congress(I)'s new hopeAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANTHE Family lives on. Rahul Gandhi, a member of the fifth generation of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty, has decided to take the plunge into politics and cont
A tussle on the Yamuna's banksAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNAN in New DelhiQuestions are raised about Union Minister Jagmohan's motives in evicting slum-dwellers at Yamuna Pushta on the eve of the elections, but there is gene
CAS confusion in DelhiAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNAN in New DelhiThe conditional access system for cable television viewing creates much confusion in South Delhi, throwing up the urgent need for a super regulator.
Woman with a missionAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANFrom struggles for national freedom and women's emancipation to promotion of India's crafts, the life of Kamaladevi Chattopadhyaya was a journey with
Advantage Congress(I)AMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANDelhi seems all set to sway the Sheila Dixit way as the BJP, the main Opposition party, is yet to come up with a forceful anti-government campaign pla
The Benegal oeuvreAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANShyam Benegal by Sangeeta Datta; Roli Books (Lotus Collection); pages 276, Rs.350.
Cola trialsAMULYA GOPALAKRISHNANTHE cola controversy has taken a new turn, with a flurry of tests producing varying results and conclusions. Following the report of the environmental
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
