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Amrita Shah
The writer is at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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It’s about the reader, reallySubscriber Only
July 18, 2002 00:00 IST
A roadside restaurant has just opened up in my neighbourhood and it calls itself the ‘F.B.I’ — ‘Food’, ‘Bevera...
Thu, Jul 18, 2002Working it out, space wiseSubscriber Only
July 04, 2002 00:00 IST
How should workplaces look if they are to reflect the changing needs of the times? The July issue of Metropolis, an international glossy on ...
Thu, Jul 04, 2002The ebb and flow of unitySubscriber Only
June 20, 2002 00:00 IST
In terms of gloom and pessimism, the past year would definitely rank high on the ratings, what with one disaster following another. Planes h...
Thu, Jun 20, 2002We don’t need bombs to dieSubscriber Only
June 06, 2002 00:00 IST
Some years ago one of those quaintly named hurricanes that hits the American coastline with periodic regularity was threatening to make its ...
Thu, Jun 06, 2002Once upon a time in GujaratSubscriber Only
May 23, 2002 00:00 IST
This is a story of a family. An ordinary story. An ordinary family. The only reason I am telling it is because nearly three months after Guj...
Thu, May 23, 2002Shaheed, at a theatre near youSubscriber Only
May 09, 2002 00:00 IST
Who was Bhagat Singh? What did he do? Why is he famous? The majority of Indians, if asked these questions, would probably come up with some ...
Thu, May 09, 2002This silence is chillingSubscriber Only
April 25, 2002 00:00 IST
The pattern is the same. Eerily so. A fire kills unsuspecting members of the majority community. An angry mob takes to the street in apparen...
Thu, Apr 25, 2002Taking on the pseudo patriotSubscriber Only
April 11, 2002 00:00 IST
One looks to policemen, good policemen that is, for action. One usually expects a policeman to restore order through decisive physical acts ...
Thu, Apr 11, 2002The end of invisibilitySubscriber Only
January 18, 2001 00:00 IST
Now that the dotcom boom has gone bust everybody is busy proclaiming how they had predicted it all along. Walk into a party or a bar durin...
Thu, Jan 18, 2001Did RSS greet PM on his b’day?Subscriber Only
January 04, 2001 00:00 IST
Atal Bihari Vajpayee celebrated his 76th birthday last fortnight. Bouquet-wielding visitors, saffron clad schoolchildren and truckloads of...
Thu, Jan 04, 2001Gold leaf and marble statuesSubscriber Only
December 21, 2000 00:00 IST
WithH the prime minister's contentious statements on constructing a temple at Ayodhya, it appears as if `Hindutva' and `Indian culture' ar...
Thu, Dec 21, 2000Upstaging the writerSubscriber Only
December 07, 2000 00:00 IST
For the last few years the Prithvi Theatre in Mumbai has been bringing groups from abroad for its annual festival. None of the groups are ...
Thu, Dec 07, 2000A village in the cyber worldSubscriber Only
November 09, 2000 00:00 IST
It looks exactly the same. The stately school building on the left. The open ground on the right abutted by a raggedy row of shops. The fl...
Thu, Nov 09, 2000Media that runs after celebritiesSubscriber Only
October 26, 2000 00:00 IST
A few weeks ago the ex-principal of my college passed away. I heard about it by chance when I ran into one of my old teachers. I went back...
Thu, Oct 26, 2000Reining in the RambosSubscriber Only
September 28, 2000 00:00 IST
The world is not equal. Some countries are more powerful than others. This may be old news but what has given this truism a potentially da...
Thu, Sep 28, 2000No democracy, we’re IndiansSubscriber Only
September 14, 2000 00:00 IST
There is nothing like a taste of local self governance to understand why the practice of democracy cannot but be a flawed matter in India,...
Thu, Sep 14, 2000Professionalism or feudalism?Subscriber Only
August 31, 2000 00:00 IST
These days if you are young and about to take up a job, particularly in a newish company, chances are that you will be obliged to commit y...
Thu, Aug 31, 2000Who will tap national greed?Subscriber Only
August 17, 2000 00:00 IST
The phone lines are jammed, the movie halls are empty and the streets are deserted. If reports are to be believed Kaun Banega Crorepati? h...
Thu, Aug 17, 2000Mumbai dyingSubscriber Only
August 16, 2000 00:00 IST
On that fateful morning as the Mumbai police made preparations to arrest Bal Thackeray, the shops began to close one by one. By noon offic...
Wed, Aug 16, 2000Feminine but not feministSubscriber Only
August 03, 2000 00:00 IST
The other day a successful actress was chatting with the host of one of Star World's afternoon talk shows. Here's how she described a clos...
Thu, Aug 03, 2000The god that failedSubscriber Only
July 20, 2000 00:00 IST
So said Rajneesh (aka Acharya, Bhagwan, Osho, Zorba the Buddha) in 1979. An ironic prophecy given that we have just passed the deadline an...
Thu, Jul 20, 2000Printed pages from long agoSubscriber Only
June 22, 2000 00:00 IST
At my first job I used to write articles in long hand. After my editor approved a piece, it would be typed by the secretary on a manual ty...
Thu, Jun 22, 2000Beauty biz in post-Cronje eraSubscriber Only
June 08, 2000 00:00 IST
Once in a while, when the phone lines are down or I need a xerox, I make a trip to the neighbourhood `business centre'. That is a fancy na...
Thu, Jun 08, 2000Derailing the discourseSubscriber Only
May 11, 2000 00:00 IST
It was a contentious issue, we were forewarned. Opinions were sha-rply, even violently divided. Yet we were gathered. About fifty of us. T...
Thu, May 11, 2000Crime and cricketSubscriber Only
April 27, 2000 00:00 IST
Each age spawns its own crimes. Economics, unrealistic laws, technology all contribute to determining new trends. But changing social cond...
Thu, Apr 27, 2000Journalism of Courage
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