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Amrita Shah
The writer is at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.
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With the emergence of the Net, mass communication has become a more democratic affair. With entry costs for a website being as low as a fe...
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March 30, 2000 00:00 IST
There was a time when it seemed as if everyone I met in Mumbai had a Goa story. The I'll-never-forget-that-time kind of story. The story a...
Thu, Mar 30, 2000Move, King Clinton is comingSubscriber Only
March 16, 2000 00:00 IST
In all the festivals the maharajah played the central role. Along withthe other ladies of the Jaipur court, I watched these ceremonies fro...
Thu, Mar 16, 2000Water off a bald headSubscriber Only
March 02, 2000 00:00 IST
Hats off to Shabana Azmi for stealing victory from the jaws of defeat. While the rest of the world has been busy decrying the death of lib...
Thu, Mar 02, 2000Footloose in dotcomlandSubscriber Only
February 17, 2000 00:00 IST
For me the last week was a bit of an eye-opener to the way the world or at least the media is changing. I am not sure I understand it but ...
Thu, Feb 17, 2000Looking glassSubscriber Only
February 03, 2000 00:00 IST
The more things change ...Periodically it comes up - the debate over whether India should trade in its current parliamentary system for th...
Thu, Feb 03, 2000Looking GlassSubscriber Only
January 20, 2000 00:00 IST
Old values and the Web czarsThese days everybody seems to be making predictions about the future. Andthe common and definitive thread runn...
Thu, Jan 20, 2000Looking glassSubscriber Only
December 30, 1999 00:00 IST
The customer is not always rightIndians we were told were fatalistic people. A people that looked at both good fortune and bad as nothing ...
Thu, Dec 30, 1999Looking glassSubscriber Only
December 16, 1999 00:00 IST
Looking back with M.N. SrinivasIt is customary, as a year ends, to look back at the months gone by, to recount events that transpired with...
Thu, Dec 16, 1999From pillar to postSubscriber Only
December 06, 1999 00:00 IST
From pillar to postSome years ago, my neighbour was a young girl, a student from Sri Lanka. Every time she got a letter from home, she tol...
Mon, Dec 06, 1999From pillar to postSubscriber Only
December 05, 1999 00:00 IST
From pillar to postSome years ago, my neighbour was a young girl, a student from Sri Lanka. Every time she got a letter from home, she tol...
Sun, Dec 05, 1999Big CitySubscriber Only
December 04, 1999 00:00 IST
From pillar to postSome years ago, my neighbour was a young girl, a student from Sri Lanka. Every time she got a letter from home, she tol...
Sat, Dec 04, 1999From pillar to postSubscriber Only
December 04, 1999 00:00 IST
From pillar to postSome years ago, my neighbour was a young girl, a student from Sri Lanka. Every time she got a letter from home, she tol...
Sat, Dec 04, 1999Looking GlassSubscriber Only
December 02, 1999 00:00 IST
Beware, the salesman is comingThere are two of them, a husband and wife team. She is the star. With hernondescript salwar khameez, blazin...
Thu, Dec 02, 1999Big CitySubscriber Only
November 20, 1999 00:00 IST
Time to follow Bollywood's leadIt is appalling, the way the black market flourishes at cinema halls in the city. There are places where e...
Sat, Nov 20, 1999The sensation of being an artistSubscriber Only
November 18, 1999 00:00 IST
These days a surefire way to get a heated discussion going among the cognoscenti on the East Coast is to bring up `Sensation', the contro...
Thu, Nov 18, 1999Looking glassSubscriber Only
November 18, 1999 00:00 IST
The sensation of being an artistThese days a surefire way to get a heated discussion going among thecognoscenti on the East Coast is to b...
Thu, Nov 18, 1999The parting kickSubscriber Only
November 06, 1999 00:00 IST
It is a familiar strain and you hear it every once in a while: ``You know I never thought I would want to leave, but now...'' Yes, now. M...
Sat, Nov 06, 1999BigcitySubscriber Only
October 23, 1999 00:00 IST
Vision & planning will make Mumbai a huge drawI know, I know I am overly preoccupied with Mumbai's missed tourism opportunities. And ...
Sat, Oct 23, 1999The happiness of trivial pursuitSubscriber Only
October 21, 1999 00:00 IST
Prosperity and progress, one would believe, should imply a state of well being and a degree of ease with varied lifestyles and viewpoints...
Thu, Oct 21, 1999Big CitySubscriber Only
October 09, 1999 00:00 IST
Paranoid or well prepared?Mumbai may be one of India's richest and most progressive cities. But living as we do in a poor country we assu...
Sat, Oct 09, 1999Looking glassSubscriber Only
October 07, 1999 00:00 IST
``I was so glad when India exploded the bomb,'' said a friend in New York, ``at least it made these stupid Americans sit up and notice us...
Thu, Oct 07, 1999Between the zoo and the xerox machineSubscriber Only
October 07, 1999 00:00 IST
``I was so glad when India exploded the bomb,'' said a friend in New York, ``at least it made these stupid Americans sit up and notice us...
Thu, Oct 07, 1999Big CitySubscriber Only
September 25, 1999 00:00 IST
Soul CurryWhat gives a city its unique character? When one thinks of Mumbai one thinks of crowds of people, of old stone buildings redole...
Sat, Sep 25, 1999From the ideal to the acceptableSubscriber Only
September 23, 1999 00:00 IST
Two widely diverse controversies are raging in America at the moment. One concerns the Republican presidential candidate and son of forme...
Thu, Sep 23, 1999Journalism of Courage
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