Sudha Rajagopalan

Indian prostitutes speak out in their own magazine

October 2007 -

Every month in a Mumbai brothel, a group of women meets to plan, write, collate stories and publish a magazine.

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Artists and the new urban aesthetic in Almaty

September 2007 -

The city of Almaty in Kazakhstan recently was the scene of a multimedia exhibit about the dizzying pace of urban transformation.

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The BookBox project: how television can shape literacy

September 2006 -

It is an idea with great promise. Transforming children’s stories into animated books for television and digital media, using Same Language Subtitling (SLS), can change how millions read in India.

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Citizen journalism hot on television channels in India

August 2006 -

Getting viewers to engage actively in the collating and presenting of news on television is becoming a standard feature of many news channels in India.

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Social issues and effective drama on Nigerian radio

January 2006 -

Radio soap aficionados in Nigeria can look forward to a new soap opera in 2006 that addresses the problem of the gender gap in Nigerian society. The woman behind the idea is drama producer and screenplay writer Abiodun Rasidat Olufemi-Ogidan in Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Amartya Sen on the cultural roots of democracy

October 2005 -

In 'The Argumentative Indian' the Indian philosopher and Nobel price winning economist Amartya Sen argues that cultural traditions contributed to the development of democracy in India.

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Rescripting the 'Ramayana': an old habit

September 2005 -

Hema Ramakrishna’s recently published English play 'Sanctuary!' is her interpretation of scenes from the Indian epic Ramayana. Plurality and the constant questioning of previous characterizations are central to the Ramayana tradition.

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A soft drink giant, a photographer, and artistic license

August 2005 -

"Where do you draw the line in order to protect the artist’s freedom of expression?,'"asks Sharad Haksar, renowned Indian photographer. Haksar was recently threatened with a law suit by Coca Cola (India) for allegedly hurting their reputation with his hoarding on the shortage of drinking water in urban India.

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On cultural policies for the North and South: in conversation with Madhusree Dutta

July 2005 -

According to Madhusree Dutta from India, appropriate cultural policies are a necessity in today's world.

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