Breaking Boundaries to Create Inclusive Art
RIGHT AS WE WERE inching towards a spirited summer, NCR was soaked by a spate of rain and a spell of pleasantness. Not used to such off-season coolness plus a weekend, citizens headed out to the pretty parts of the capital (Lord knows we have plenty of those). I admit that I sneaked off a bit—ever...
Invocation—Amma & Son “Birju, Birju beta…”—Amma, the graceful, benign, self-effacing and compassionate idol—74-year-old Pandit Birju Maharaj is lost in reverie as he reverts to his nine-year-old self, thinking about his mother. Each of the dance doyen's statements are interspersed ...
Richter earthquake hits Indonesia Tremors felt in India
DISASTER // A tsunami warning was issued this April by Indonesia as an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.9 hit the waters of Aceh province. Tremors were also felt in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and India. The powerful earthquake was centered 20 miles (33 kilometres) beneath the ocean fl...
Apex Court clears Modi, Zakia Zaferi vows to continue the fight JUDGEMENT // A special investigations team (SIT) appointed by the Supreme Court to investigate the 2002 Gulberg Society massacre gave the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi a clean chit and sought its closure as it found no evidence...
Aung Sang Suu Kyi’s party sweeps by-elections
NDL wins 40 out of 45 seats INTERNATIONAL POLITICS// Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NDL) won 40 of the 45 seats being contested in the April by-elections. The pro-democracy leader said that she hoped that the elections marked a start of a new era in Burma. Despit...
Spate of Accidents on the Soccer Field
SPORTS // In a tragic repeat of Fabrice Muamba’s collapse on the field, Italian midfielder Piermario Morosini, 25, fell to the ground mid-way through the Italian second division match. Former under 21 international Morosini, who played for Livorno suffered a cardiac arrest. Morosini was taken to t...
Maoist rebels free abducted Italian national
Laxmipur MLA Hikaka remains captive in rebel den INTERNAL SECURITY// Maoist rebels released Italian tourist guide Paolo Bosusco in April 2012. Bosusco was held in the Orissa forests by Maoist rebels. “I am happy being a free man now. I am tired and need some rest,” said the man who remained in...
There is a father sleeping in the mind of every child”
DILRUBA Z. ARA: The particular morning as I am walking towards my father’s grave, I am thinking of death. As long as my father was alive, he was a shield between death and I. Now that he is gone, death seemed closer. I think of souls and shake the thought out—it is a profane concept in Islam. Ba...
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Be smart and use social media to change the way your business works Strategy and basic business logic suggests that a business should either partner with supporting organisations or outsource operations which are not part of its core business solution, service or offering. Outsourcing is a key busi...
Will bilateral trade mark a path to peace?
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s Pakistan dilemma AFTER PRESIDENT Asif Ali Zardari’s Easter Sunday visit to New Delhi and Ajmer, there is an undeniable sentiment in the government and in strategic circles in the capital that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s trip to Pakistan is only a matter o...
SIMILES A page out of the life of humour poet, satirist and author, Ashok Chakradhar and what makes him laugh This, as my mother said, was the first poem I recited. She tells me that I started talking in riddles and rhymes when I was a toddler. It would not be erroneous to assume that even as a ki...
A closer look at BRICS Beyond the Acronym
More than a decade after the acronym BRIC was coined, the concept is appearing to take shape of an idea with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (latest BRICS entrant), constituting the five pillars of the idea. Together, the plan is to usher in a new narrative and to challenge years of ...
THE UNITED NATIONS is celebrating 2012 as the International Year of Co-operatives with the slogan: “Co-operative enterprises build a better world”. With an environment abuzz with discussions on the need to address the livelihood needs of India’s vast population, the UN’s decision serves as a...
As far as SEWA is concerned, the fight for economic freedom has just begun Once Ela Bhatt’s scooter was stopped abruptly at a traffic section by a constable, as was a push-cart being drawn by a husband and wife. While Bhatt managed to stop on time, for the husband and wife the maneuver prov...
The book is a fierce attempt by a first-time author. A tale of three brothers, this is Torres’ life told anonymously THE ANIMALS in Justin Torres’s gutsy, debut novel We The Animals are three brothers, including the anonymous narrator. Like stray dogs, they roam the streets of Upstate New York,...
Deep Focus: Reflections on Cinema
A compilation of articles and short essays by Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray is a serious treat for cinema lovers AFTER A RATHER long gap of 35 years here is good news for Satyajit Ray admirers. The filmmaker’s second English book on films—Deep Focus: Reflections on Cinema—is in the pre...
Meet the enfant terrible Anand Patwardhan who lets his camera do the talking A few days ago, I was narrating the story of Jai Bhim Comrade, Anand Patwardhan’s latest documentary film, to a friend. I told her that on July 11, 1997, 10 Dalits were shot dead during a police firing at Ramabai Colony...
A Layered Cake of Contradictions
Japan is more than simply sushis, gadgets and geishas A few days before Christmas, I landed in Tokyo. Winter had just set in and unlike north India, it meant that the days were sunny and the nights nippy. If you travel to Tokyo in January and do not happen to be a big fan of chill, pack extra woo...
