Tag: India
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Sindhnamah invites you on a tour of pre-Partition Sindh
The beautifully illustrated photo book is a unique voice embodying the rich cultural heritage that pre-Partition Sindh was renowned for Anthropologist, writer, researcher, a qualified chartered accountant with a law degree— Nandita Bhavnani is all this, and more. For more than two decades, the Mumbai-based author of books such as The Making of Exile: Sindhi…
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Net Governance & Online Regulation: The Other Side of Order
Try as I might, I am unable to climb out of a clichéd well of parables and phrases when it comes to piecing together a coherent write-up on ‘net governance and online regulation’. My thoughts are insistent on driving home the point about ‘great power and great responsibility’, ‘you sow what you reap’, ‘freedom is…
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Hunger Strikes Are Passe: Try Kiss-Ins and Walks!
Image: Liplock your way to protest against gay discrimination: a couple participate in the kiss-in protest organised outside the John Snow pub in SoHo, London. Tis a season of protests and revolutions, methinks! Just look at the number of regimes that are toppling over in Middle East and Africa, and the number of citizens out…
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Visit an Indian Temple for some dance & music
Temples can be pathbreaking centers of learning in the urban metropolis. Dance and music festivals, education of theology and ancient history, spreading awareness on diseases, and the means to achieve harmony by organizing fun events for the adults and children of the locality can be a novel way of melting our differences and building lasting…
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When Folk Theater comes to the City
Urbanites obviously don’t view a puppet performance or Yakshagana folk theater as something of a ritual or religious performance – nor should they. But how has the folk dancer coped with performing in the stage / auditorium of a city? Has he learnt to enhance his performance and play to the gallery?