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CHURUMURI POLL: No to cross-media ownership?
It’s an issue that has been discussed and dismissed in the United States and other countries, but as India stands at the cusp of a media explosion, the Communist Party …
Yella not OK, guru. Nanna makkalu is not learning
NIKHIL MORO writes from Mount Pleasant, Michigan: Why do our English newspapers and nouveau cool television channels seem to give short shrift to village affairs when nearly three-fourths of Indians …
When all in Urbs Prima in Indus lept to their feet
VINAY H, who took part in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon yesterday, forwards a picture which captures the essence of the metropolis. “I saw a few boys distributing water bottles …
Who cries in Bangalore for Rahul Sharad Dravid?
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Cricket fans in Calcutta, aided and abetted by the Bengali television channels and television channels run by Bengalis, have started beating their Bengali breasts over the non-inclusion …
When breath is scarce like the sound of whisper
VADIRAJ HOMBAL forwards a YouTube video in which he expertly marries visuals from Mungaaru Male with the hit song, ‘Onde samanene usiru‘ from Gaali Pata. The lyrics are by Yograj …
Have you spoken to an African student lately?
On the Andrew Symonds affair, Vir Sanghvi writes in Mint: “Are Indians racist? You bet we are. “We are, first of all, an extraordinarily colour conscious people. In traditional families, …