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CULTURE EDITOR: Deepti Lamba
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Cherry Bomb, Mother TeresaAnd The Vagina Dialogues
CULTURE FEATURES:
•Uma Ranganathan wonders about the role law abiding citizens play towards curtailing violence
• Deepa Krishnan asks whether love exists in arranged marriages
• smallsquirrel gives a salad recipe
• Doctor Bhaskar Dasgupta talks about children in a Bhopal orphanage
• Adithya comments on the subcontinental divide
- Jul 4, 2009
- Judgement on IPC Section 377: Counterpoints
Liberals and gay organisations are using the wrong method to engage in a conversation with the rest of society.
- Jul 3, 2009
- Revisiting the Pakistani Grand NarrativeThe national narrative is fused with a prescribed religious bent that, just like any other major grand ideology, insists on its own universality and absoluteness.
- Book Review: The Wish Maker by Ali SethiSethi conveys to his readers the sights, sounds and smells of upper-middle class Pakistan
- Revisiting the Pakistani Grand Narrative
- Jul 2, 2009
- Nawab and I: Intercourse, Pa.
With towns named Bird in Hand, Paradise, and Intercourse, Lancaster County in Pennsylvania has added attraction for tourism. - Delhi - Love Under The RainbowToday I am proud of being from Delhi - the capital of India where to love under the rainbow is perfectly legal.
- The Bandra-Worli Sealink OpeningIt is a big thing for this city and as a Mumbaiker, I feel really proud.
- Delhi High Court Legalizes Homosexuality In India
In a historical ruling today, Delhi High Court decriminalized homosexuailty in India
- Jul 1, 2009
- Happy Canada DayOf all our dreams today there is none more important - or so hard to realise - than that of peace in the world.
- Happy Canada Day
- Jun 30, 2009
- Poessay: Rosary 29 - uncalm times: sukoon say shikayatyearning for comfortable chaos
- Poessay: Rosary 29 - uncalm times: sukoon say shikayat
- Jun 29, 2009
- A Postmodern Wedding
Occasionally our cultural climate doles out opportunities to compensate for the cinematic inadequacy of our lives. - Nawab and I: Follow Ms. GarminListen to the music, radio, stay focused on the traffic, talk, think, drink tea, and follow Ms Garmin.
- Jun 27, 2009
- Poetry: one eye on the road, one ear on the radioone eye on the road, one ear on the radio / one eye on M and N, one ear on ms. G
- Changing Perspective
One must be true to the art they are passionate about.
- Poetry: one eye on the road, one ear on the radio
- Jun 26, 2009
- Nawab and I: Take me to Lucy'sN: You men would never understand. A dog has to satisfy a bitch in heat.
- Muslim Social Gandasa in Pushto: Pakistani Film GenresLooking right next door at Bollywood, classifying genres can be a bit problematic.
- A Little Happiness, Coffee, Beer, and Lots Of Living
Happiness, I've noticed, depends on what time of the day it is.
- Nawab and I: Take me to Lucy's
- Jun 25, 2009
- Poetry: Lovingonly when you say that loving you has been so long...
- Nandan Nilekani to Become Chairman of Unique Identification Authority of IndiaHe is one of the few leaders in contemporary corporate India with a grasp on a wide range of issues tackled by present day India.
- Movie Review: Bolt - Animals Are People Too
The story had a chance to go the "Babe in the city" way with a smirking look at the mistakes of the uninitiated in the
- Poetry: Loving
- Jun 24, 2009
- Fiction: Perfect HoneymoonHe loved her so and she bit him.
- Harassment Of Women On Cairo StreetsWhat makes men in Egypt harass women on the streets with impunity?
- Fiction: The Telephone Preference Service
Thankfully Nimisha could cope and didn't sit around moping.
- Fiction: Perfect Honeymoon
- Jun 22, 2009
- On the Task of Writing Meaningful WordsOut of all the creative forms, it's writing that asks for the most meager of capital investments:
- Indian Government Bans Maoists as Terrorist OrganizationThe Naxal/Maoist menace has plagued a large swathe of central India for a long while.
- On the Task of Writing Meaningful Words
- Jun 21, 2009
- When Gardening Becomes An Obsession
Greed is never good but unfortunately nature's bounty always has something enticing to offer that a gardener must have. - Queer Pride India 2009: Celebrations in all Major CitiesMajor cities in India are all set to commemorate the Stonewall riots, the event that triggered Queer rights movement all over the world.
- Book Review: A Nice Quiet HolidaySudarshan treads the fine line between pulp fiction and literature very well.
- Teamwork
Three minutes left for the class to start and the son gets antsy.
- Jun 20, 2009
- Travel Report: A Visit to BR Hills, K.Gudi, KarnatakaKarnataka is a great state for city slickers looking for some greening and wildlife.
- Poetry: InspirationThe allure...the undeniable craving to smear the uniform to taint the pure
- Phew!
This is a humorous script in dialogues between a boy and a girl in a park. He is a narcissist and a stalker too. - Book Review: A Stranger Called I - Pritish NandyPadma Shri Pritish Nandy undoubtedly continues to be a poet whose words carry the magic of a post colonial India.
- Travel Report: A Visit to BR Hills, K.Gudi, Karnataka
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