COURT RULING ON HOMOSEXUALITY
'Sexuality Equality'
Indian Express
'Gay and finally legal'
Mail Today
'India's Gay Day'
Times of India
   
 
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Author and inventor Arthur Clarke had told me that the satellite television revolution was the second swiftest in history. Looking back now, I think that Michael Jackson was firmly etched in that history. says NUPUR BASU. IANS
The sports page designers for the Express seem to be dying to do something else. This will not do, if the Express wants to remain competitive. KHELKOODKAR returns to cast a beady eye on sports coverage.
As far as the media houses go, none of them have seriously called into question the necessity of this police action. The media by and large agree with the role offered to them by the state, says DEEPTANIL RAY.
Crucial to the telling of the Lalgarh story is the role of the People’s Committee against Police Atrocities (PCAPA) led by a man called Chhatradar Mahato. When you turn to print media or the Internet, what you believe about what provoked Lalgarh will depend on how you view the PCAC, says SEVANTI NINAN. Pix: Tehelka
The US-based web-site Heliums recent axing of Indian contributors smacks of ‘protectionism’, says SUNEETHA. B
The articles written after the Imphal NWMI meeting do not cover the issues of havoc caused by umpteen insurgent groups, which is no less in measure than the human rights violation by the AFSPA, says SUREKHA SULE
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