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NEWS February 14, 2016 Recreation of Ram Sethu on a map fuels a never-ending controversy
By: sristy SahaPhoto Credit: Wikimedia Commons 40.8K Total Views On Thursday, the Supreme Court turned down a request by Bharatiya Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy seeking an urgent hearing to verify if a Cabinet decision had been taken to “not touch” the ancient Ram Sethu or the Adam’s Bridge in the implementation of the Sethusamudram Ship Channel […]
NEWS February 11, 2016 Brahminical faculty and Dalit goondas: Conversations at the distressed Hyderabad University campus
By: sristy SahaPhoto Credit: PTI 27.4K Total Views By the third day, even the mundane started taking on meaning, or at least provoking questions. So it was with the sign that read “Regular Lunch” with a hand-drawn arrow pointing to a dining hall. Innocent no doubt, though occasion for a little head-scratching – what’s an “irregular lunch” […]
NEWS February 11, 2016 They called him ‘AGK Sir’: AG Krishnamurthy (1942-2016), the man behind Mudra and MICA
By: sristy Saha21.3K Total Views In a lifetime spent in advertising, I have come to know plenty of fascinating personalities. But I must confess that AGK was not one of them. In fact, as he himself would readily admit, he was one of the more colourless people in the industry. And that is what makes his success […]
NEWS February 11, 2016 The Daily Fix: Rohith Vemula’s death isn’t just because of Hindutva, plus nine other weekend reads
By: sristy Saha12.5K Total Views The Latest: Top stories of the day 1. With Maharashtra chief minister planning to step in, activists and the management of the Shani Shingnapur temple met to discuss the demand of letting women pray in its inner sanctum. 2. An investigative report into the death of a six-year-old in a Delhi school […]
NEWS February 7, 2016 Remembering the legacy of Bhupen Khakhar, India’s first openly gay artist
By: sristy Saha12.7K Total Views This is the full text of a presentation prepared by Ranjit Hoskote for the symposium, ‘Remembering Bhupen’, held at the National Gallery of Modern Art in New Delhi on January 27. 1. It seems faintly absurd to discuss the question of Bhupen Khakhar’s legacy in a country that legally regards one of […]
NEWS February 7, 2016 Krupabai Satthianadhan’s ‘Saguna’, which appeared in 1887, was largely autobiographical.
By: sristy Saha18.3K Total Views I began this series last summer with the first book written in English by an Indian. So when it was time to read the first book of 2016 for my bottom shelf, I picked another old volume that enjoys a similar honour. This time, it’s by an author who is credited with […]
NEWS February 7, 2016 Two rare archival interviews with the formidable vocalist.
By: sristy SahaPhoto Credit: via YouTube 35.2K Total Views Known for his unbelievable virtuosity, superb intonation, unpredictability, and above all, a unique tonal quality, Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (1901-1968), doyen of the Patiala gharana, took the world of Hindustani music by storm in the 1940s. Though inimitable, he left behind a stylistic legacy that has impacted several […]
NEWS February 7, 2016 Meet the three Indian comic book artists on the global 100 list (and one who isn’t)
By: sristy Saha23.7K Total Views The year 2015 was a watershed for women writers of graphic novels. They swept the IgnatzAwards but then, as the year came to a close they shook the foundations the prestigious Angoulême Comics Festival in France by protesting against all-male 2016 Grand Prix nominee list citing gender discrimination. This resulted in the […]
NEWS February 7, 2016 What history proves: Indian mosques barring women is only a recent trend
By: sristy SahaPhoto Credit: Ruchika Sharma 19.9K Total Views Recent protests against an age-old ban on the entry of women in the Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar distrct and in Mumbai’s Haji Ali dargah have sparked a debate on restrictions on women in places of worship. On Monday, a group of Muslim women moved the Supreme […]
NEWS February 6, 2016 Isis Develops ‘Alrawi’ Encrypted Messaging App for Android: Report
By: sristy SahaThe Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (Isis) militant group has reportedly created an encrypted Android messaging app to enable secure communications between its members. Dubbed Alrawi, the app aims to make it harder for security agencies and governments to intercept the communications of Isis members. The app, first discovered by counterterrorism network Ghost Security […]
NEWS February 6, 2016 India Funding Roundup: KartRocket, Care24, Remidio, Fitso, Zoctr, Zapr, Orahi, Snapshopr
By: sristy SahaOur latest funding roundup covers early stage investments made in AI, e-commerce, home healthcare, and fitness apps, with a couple of seed investments in media tech, apart from a manufacturer of low-cost opthalmic hardware and software solution provider. Here’s an overview of funding activity during the week that saw PM Modi reveal his Startup India, […]
NEWS February 6, 2016 Mad Street Den Launches Vue.ai, a Visual Recommendation Platform for Fashion Portals
By: sristy SahaChennai-based AI startup Mad Street Den, launched Vue.ai on Tuesday, which it said is the world’s first AI-based platform for fashion retail e-commerce powered by visual intelligence. Vue.ai enables fashion startups to provide visual recommendations and visual search features on web and mobile, along with a host of deep learning and data-science driven features like […]
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