Tag Archives: India
“Producing Priests”
Volume 26 – Issue 14 :: Jul. 04-17, 2009 issue of Frontline published a special feature on the University system–exposing the sham of de novo “deemed” universities–in India. Among other articles, Meera Nanda‘s “Producing Priests” stands out, as it touches the subject that most Indians are afraid of discussing critically in public media. Meera begins …
Her Bollywood Dream
Yet another Miss World competition is over and Miss India Parvathy Omanakuttan came out first runner up. Congratulations. India holds first place, jointly with Venezuela, for the number of winners. Some of the top finishes by Indian women at the Miss World pageant are, Reita Faria — Miss World 1966 Aishwarya Rai — Miss World …
Whose lost boys?
Mohammed Hanif, the head of BBC Urdu service and the author of “A Case of Exploding Mangoes,” explores the internal crisis in India and Pakistan as an afterthought to recent terror strikes in Mumbai. [cf. The Lost Boys, Tehelka] He takes on Indian and Pakistani establishments and media agencies asking them not to point to …
