Archive | October, 2008
The Unknown Innovator
Dr.Anil Kumar Gupta, a professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad has been championing the cause of thousands of faceless creative individuals scattered all over India. Because most of them are far removed from the modern organised world of business, they are unaware of their own worth, rights and the opportunities that await them. [...]
Continue reading...No Shades please – and No Food
8. October 2008
“For centuries, people and researchers believed that it was impossible for human beings to live their lives without sustenance, and that their vision would be destroyed by looking straight at the sun.” Normally, how long can an average human being survive without food or water? Or without sleep? The answer would probably be: a few [...]
Continue reading...The Carriers
7. October 2008
A startling study indicates that almost 40 percent of India’s truck drivers and their helpers are infected with AIDS virus and there is an urgent need to create awareness// among this community to check the spread of the fatal disease. India currently has over 5.1 million AIDS patients and truckers are possibly one of the largest groups carrying [...]
Continue reading...Payola Filmmaking
6. October 2008
Be careful when you hire a line production company in India. Watch this, it’s very common:
Continue reading...The Great Indian Migration
5. October 2008
CITIES ARE centres of opportunities, of all types: entertainment, employment, education, healthcare and so on. When it is a matter of development, it is true that everything new comes to the city first. But sometimes it takes ages for a particular technological innovation find its way to the fringes of rural India. By the time [...]
Continue reading...A Modern Devotion to a Sacred Indian Ritual
4. October 2008
In southern India, about 35 kilometers from the bustling city of Bangalore, heavy with traffic, sounds and smells, sits a 10-acre retreat dedicated to one simple vision: the preservation of a traditional Indian dance form.Protima Gauri Bedi, a legendary classical Indian dancer who died recently, had long been concerned about the rapid decline of India”s [...]
Continue reading...The Pure Aryans of the Himalayas
4. October 2008
We were headed to the villages of Dah and Beema (pronounced Beama) in Leh district and Garkun and Darchik in Kargil district, and the intention was to spend a week studying the secret lives of a tribe of pure Aryans. Some of the more inaccessible pockets could be reached only through trekking. We rose early [...]
Continue reading...Some excellent storytelling
3. October 2008
This is not really a story idea from India, but a sharing of some excellent work being done by Brian Storm & his organization Mediastorm, in turning photo-journalists into audio-visual storytellers. Haunting! Some of you may have seen these already, but we would like to request the others to watch when they have the time. [...]
Continue reading...Kashmir – Healing with Music
2. October 2008
“The Muslim and Hindu peoples of Kashmir have lived in relative harmony and friendliness since the 13th century when Islam first became the majority religion in Kashmir. The Sufi-Islamic way of life that ordinary Muslims followed in Kashmir complemented the rishi tradition of Kashmiri Pandits (Hindus), leading to a syncretic culture where Hindus and Muslims [...]
Continue reading...No points for Brownies
1. October 2008
The presence of Caucasian models in Indian advertisements has grown in the past three years, industry analysts say. The trend reflects deep cultural preferences for fair skin in this predominantly brown-skinned nation of more than 1 billion people. But analysts say the fondness for “fair” is also fueled by a globalized economy that has drawn [...]
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9. October 2008
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