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Grappling with media: The Hoot Reader 27 Aug 2013 | 12:19 am
This is an excerpt from the introduction to The Hoot Reader: Media Practice in Twenty-First Century India edited by SUBARNO CHATTARJI and SEVANTI NINAN. The Reader commemorates a decade of TheHoot.org...
To the German ambassador in India, a letter from Kashmir 27 Aug 2013 | 12:02 am
This letter was faxed from Srinagar on 26 August 2013 to the German embassy in New Delhi and the Bavarian State Opera. List of signatories given at the end. To, Ambassador Michael Steiner, German Emba...
FTII Students’ Association Calls for Solidarity : Against violence by fascist forces 24 Aug 2013 | 11:20 pm
Students’ Association, Film and Television Institute of India, Law College Road, Pune On the 21st of August 2013 students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) and Yugpath, Pune organiz...
To travel or not to travel to India: Karen Dias 24 Aug 2013 | 10:21 am
This is a Guest Post by KAREN DIAS The most recent ‘Incredible India’ video ad campaign shows a young woman of seemingly European descent traveling alone through India. She is seen drinking coconut wa...
Joint statement on atrocities on cultural activists and Dalits 24 Aug 2013 | 10:11 am
Please send endorsements to asit1917@gmail.com We, the undersigned, are appalled and outraged by the arrest of Kanwal Bharti eminent Dalit writer for his comments on Face book. If one looks seriously...
Network of Women in Media demands safety for women media professionals 24 Aug 2013 | 08:09 am
The Network of Women in Media, India, (NWMI) is shocked and angry at the alleged gangrape of a woman journalist and the assault on her male colleague in the evening of August 22 while they were on ass...
Why Do ‘They’ Love Narendra Modi ?: Shankar Gopalakrishnan 24 Aug 2013 | 06:17 am
Guest Post by Shankar Gopalakrishnan On August 14th, Narendra Modi declared that his Independence Day speech would attract as much attention as that of the Prime Minister. He appears to have been righ...
Iran-U.S. ties in the wake of Rouhani’s election: Maroosha Muzaffar 23 Aug 2013 | 02:22 pm
This is a guest post by MAROOSHA MUZAFFAR After eight years of Mahmoud Ahmedinejad’s presidency, Iran elected to power the reformist leader Hassan Rouhani, 64, in elections held in June this year. On ...
भाषा का सवाल और फ़िल्मी सदी का पैग़ाम 23 Aug 2013 | 01:39 pm
हलाँकि फ़िल्म हिन्दी में बन रही है, लेकिन (ओंकारा के) सेट पर कम-से-कम पाँच भाषाएँ इस्तेमाल हो रही हैं। निर्देशन के लिए अंग्रेज़ी, और हिन्दी चल रही है। संवाद सारे हिन्दी की एक बोली में हैं। पैसे लगानेव...
FTII Students’ Statement on the Attack on them by the ABVP in Pune 23 Aug 2013 | 12:47 am
FTII Students’ Association Press Release, 22/08/13 Five students of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) were attacked outside of the National Film Archives of India (NFAI) on Wednesday...
