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ulti khopdi: Selective amnesia
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This blog is written by a journalist based in Mumbai who writes about cities, the environment, developmental issues, the media, women and many other subjects.The title 'ulti khopdi' is a Hindi phrase referring to someone who likes to look at things from the other side. Saturday, July 04, 2015. The Hindu, July 4, 2015. At a mass sterilisation camp. Was there any rethinking on this policy after 1977? P=7054&all=1). In A Callous Cut. Reading her account, and looking back on other such stories in the last 40...
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ulti khopdi: June 2015
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This blog is written by a journalist based in Mumbai who writes about cities, the environment, developmental issues, the media, women and many other subjects.The title 'ulti khopdi' is a Hindi phrase referring to someone who likes to look at things from the other side. Tuesday, June 23, 2015. Censorship, the Emergency and Himmat. June 23, 2015. Here's something I've written in Scroll.in that gives a flavour of those times:. Himmat' during the Emergency: When the Press crawled, some refused to even bend.
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ulti khopdi: Hushed voices
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This blog is written by a journalist based in Mumbai who writes about cities, the environment, developmental issues, the media, women and many other subjects.The title 'ulti khopdi' is a Hindi phrase referring to someone who likes to look at things from the other side. Sunday, August 02, 2015. The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, Aug 2, 2015. Can a woman who complains about being sexually harassed by her boss actually succeed in getting justice? Do the rich and the powerful not commit any crimes? Apply this to se...
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BlindLead
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Sunday, April 17, 2011. I start to think of what could have been. You never blink, so the world flickers back at you. It looks at you, and then it shuts down. I start to think of what is. Have you ever dreamt of living or crossing it off your list? You breathe but you are dying with every breath. And you thought love was the only contradiction alive. I start to think of what was. This one time you called for red, I gave you your own blood to taste. For cynics preach sacrifice, you sought defiance too.
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Treading the Untrodden: July 2010
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Monday, July 12, 2010. India’s leading – and perhaps only – opera composer is from Meghalaya (Published in Himal Southasian). Meanwhile, he loves being in Shillong, where he says he can enjoy life in all of its simplicity. ‘I have proved that I have achieved much more without being in Delhi or Mumbai,’ he says. ‘For me, success is not winning a Grammy, but rather has to do with quality of life. We have to understand what we are here for.’. Posted by Teresa Rehman. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Shillong lib...
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Treading the Untrodden: June 2010
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010. Weaving better alternatives for women displaced by climate change. KOKRAJHAR, India (AlertNet) - Swdwmsri Narzary, 19, a nimble weaver, rests her fingers on her loom and gets a faraway look when asked to recall her last few years of struggle dealing with the pressures of climate change. Swdwmsri realized she had to find her own means of livelihood. But she had few options. It was then she met a lady from her village who promised her a good job in Guwahati. Posted by Teresa Rehman.
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ulti khopdi: When women seek help...
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This blog is written by a journalist based in Mumbai who writes about cities, the environment, developmental issues, the media, women and many other subjects.The title 'ulti khopdi' is a Hindi phrase referring to someone who likes to look at things from the other side. Sunday, June 07, 2015. When women seek help. The Hindu, Sunday Magazine, June 7, 2015. Why do governments feel compelled to ‘celebrate’ one year in office and use the occasion to boast of their ‘achievements’? When it came to power last ye...
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India Media Watch: February 2008
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Reviews, Raves, Rants about Media in India - electronic, paper and anything that masquerades in that name. Sunday, February 3, 2008. Some bits that I relished (recollected from memory, may not verbatim) :. Interviewer : Your cartoons depict corruptness of politicians, lack of implementation of schemes , traffic jams and other such decadence. Is Mr Laxman a cynical man? R K Laxman : Yes, I am a cynical man. I was born a cynic. Interviwer: Don’t you have any optimism? R K Laxman : It is not my business.
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India Media Watch: April 2007
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Reviews, Raves, Rants about Media in India - electronic, paper and anything that masquerades in that name. Friday, April 6, 2007. Two sides of the coin. Two articles I came across in last week’s Hindu Literary Review:. A fairly good review. I am not sure if the reviewer felt that he had to mention some shortcomings of the book to make the review sound fair and neutral, nevertheless he ends with these words,. With these thoughts , I turned the page, to chance upon Tabish Khair’s commentary. Though the art...
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India Media Watch: News and Views
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Reviews, Raves, Rants about Media in India - electronic, paper and anything that masquerades in that name. Sunday, January 28, 2007. I remember the days of my growing up, when my father, and all the other fathers of the neighborhood would shush the whole household into silence to listen to the English news on Doordarshan. A calculative burglar once broke into an elderly spinster’s house, during the news time slot, when the whole street was engrossed in the programme. Ash and Abhi engaged! Ash and Abhi do...
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