S V Srinivas

S V Srinivas

The writer is senior fellow at the Centre for the Study of Culture and Society and visiting professor at the Centre for Contemporary Studies, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He is the author of ‘Megastar’ and ‘Politics as Performance’

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This transaction is still incomplete

Opening accounts and issuing cards create numbers but amount to little.

Fri, Oct 24, 2014

Rs 9 lakh looted from petrol pump staff at gunpoint in Gurgaon

By: Sandali Tiwari Three men waylaid the cashier of a petrol pump and looted Rs 9.5 from him at gunpoint. The incident was reported from Hari Nagar near Naharpur village, Gurgaon, on Monday. According to police, Arvind, who is cashier at Pace City Auto petrol pump located on NH-8, was on his way to HDFC […]

Tue, Jun 17, 2014

Not by language alone

The creation of Telangana underlines the importance of artistic and cultural production in reinforcing political mobilisation.

Fri, Aug 09, 2013

Starry downturn in Andhra

The states star-politicians must now compete with more telegenic counterparts

Mon, May 06, 2013