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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 been two years? You don't say? How time flies! And that just about sums up the response to the second death anniversary of the world...
Thu, Sep 09, 1999O my little sweet killerSubscriber Only
August 26, 1999 00:00 IST
It is becoming a chillingly common story. The boy next door. The one you see playing cricket on Sunday mornings or trotting off to tuitio...
Thu, Aug 26, 1999Big CitySubscriber Only
August 14, 1999 00:00 IST
Kargil comes in handy for event managersIs war more fun than peace? It would certainly appear so. Every day through the last fortnight br...
Sat, Aug 14, 1999The liberal legacy of dogs and bimbosSubscriber Only
August 12, 1999 00:00 IST
In the book Primary Colours Jack Stanton the governor of a small southern state who is aiming to join the presidential race is a man with...
Thu, Aug 12, 1999The Adda ambienceSubscriber Only
July 31, 1999 00:00 IST
Every self-respecting city needs at least one, preferably many addas. Places where people from all walks of life can gather freely to cha...
Sat, Jul 31, 1999We are all prince-charmersSubscriber Only
July 29, 1999 00:00 IST
A millennium is an immense amount of time. Too vast, too sprawling to be easily comprehended. And, in any case, there is some doubt as to...
Thu, Jul 29, 1999The look-good revolutionSubscriber Only
July 15, 1999 00:00 IST
Has a new aesthetic sensibility taken hold of metropolitan India? Look around these days and you find an overwhelming preoccupation with ...
Thu, Jul 15, 1999Different and no longer in the closetSubscriber Only
July 01, 1999 00:00 IST
``I ran into my hairdresser in Pune'', a friend said casually over the phone. ``I almost didn't recognise him. He's become a she.'' ``Wha...
Thu, Jul 01, 1999No romance in this deathSubscriber Only
June 17, 1999 00:00 IST
Last week the Express Newsline in Mumbai reported the death of five children in the Thane district four kilometres from the Mumbai-Agra h...
Thu, Jun 17, 1999Big CitySubscriber Only
June 05, 1999 00:00 IST
Confusion over common concern``You go straight then you turn left to go right''.``But that still blocks traffic''.``Yes but you can't tur...
Sat, Jun 05, 1999This is a happy new worldSubscriber Only
June 03, 1999 00:00 IST
Last fortnight, soon after Indian troops and the Air Force launched their strikes in Kargil reports began to appear on various television...
Thu, Jun 03, 1999Could it happen in Mumbai?Subscriber Only
May 22, 1999 00:00 IST
Could the Jessica Lal murder have happened in Mumbai? Ever since the fatal shooting took place in Delhi's controversial Tamarind Court re...
Sat, May 22, 1999Between aspiration and exclusionSubscriber Only
May 19, 1999 00:00 IST
So much has now been written about the shooting of Jessica Lal. Horror has given way to a preoccupation with investigations and police pr...
Wed, May 19, 1999New whine in an old bottleSubscriber Only
May 08, 1999 00:00 IST
Sad, sad, sad. Ever since Mumbai's cultural police decided to put the screws on late night revelry, a sense of gloom has reportedly hit t...
Sat, May 08, 1999Cricket is fun, politics is a bore. Why?Subscriber Only
May 05, 1999 00:00 IST
Ghar ki murgi dal barabar. Familiarity diminishes attractiveness. Or at least that's how it's supposed to be. Right? Not any more. There ...
Wed, May 05, 1999Busybodies come to Mumbai’s rescueSubscriber Only
April 24, 1999 00:00 IST
Let me describe the scene. I am in a car halfway up the slope from Nana Chowk going to Kemps Corner. I am late for an appointment. The li...
Sat, Apr 24, 1999What about the emotional cost?Subscriber Only
April 15, 1999 00:00 IST
Recently, filmmaker Shekhar Kapur and his pop star wife Suchitra appeared on the celebrity chat show, Rendezvous with Simi Garewal. The d...
Thu, Apr 15, 1999City souvenirs for all seasonsSubscriber Only
April 10, 1999 00:00 IST
What will they think of next? Recently I came across this news clip which announced that the New York Subway had come out with a whole ho...
Sat, Apr 10, 1999A market for Mumbai’s memorabiliaSubscriber Only
April 10, 1999 00:00 IST
What will they think of next? Recently I came across this news clip which announced that the New York Subway had come out with a whole ho...
Sat, Apr 10, 1999Feminist funSubscriber Only
March 13, 1999 00:00 IST
Often when I've travelled out of Mumbai I've heard in varying tones -- of admiration, envy, resentment and wistfulness -- the phrase `Bom...
Sat, Mar 13, 1999A professor, in a class of her ownSubscriber Only
February 27, 1999 00:00 IST
They get paid little. You curse them for doing their job and find ways of avoiding them when they are around. And yet, when you lose one ...
Sat, Feb 27, 1999Kala Ghoda, a haven for amblersSubscriber Only
February 13, 1999 00:00 IST
Sometime in the late 70s when I was a student at the Elphinstone College I happened to be walking on the pavement outside Rhythm House wi...
Sat, Feb 13, 1999Art district: An idea whose time has comeSubscriber Only
February 13, 1999 00:00 IST
Sometime in the late 70s when I was a student at the Elphinstone College I happened to be walking on the pavement outside Rhythm House wi...
Sat, Feb 13, 1999A song and dance on Republic DaySubscriber Only
January 30, 1999 00:00 IST
Tuesday, January 26, 7 a.m.:I am shattered, I am devastated. My nerves are all on edge. It's only 7 in the morning and the nukkad DJ has ...
Sat, Jan 30, 1999Youths pool in for an overdose of funSubscriber Only
January 16, 1999 00:00 IST
You can't miss the word. It springs at you from everywhere these days. Scrawled on pieces of cardboard with arrows scratched below, on fr...
Sat, Jan 16, 1999
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