Sagarika Ghose

Bloody Mary |

With each new episode of Satyamev Jayate - actor Aamir Khan's 13-part television show - comes a welter of debate. Every episode trends on the ...
11:52 AM, Jul 11, 2012

Shiv Visvanathan

Excess Baggage |

Democracy is always inventive, exploiting mediums to create fresh theatre. It seems to create new sites for protest, new forms of dialogue, and new ways ...
09:57 AM, May 15, 2012

Sriram Balasubramanian

The Straight Drive |

The social awareness overdrive that has been created by the Satyamev Jayate is remarkable. The superstar effect seems to have worked with the masses, at ...
11:53 AM, May 10, 2012

Anshul Tewari

Youth ki awaaz |

Last Sunday started in a rather unusual way. Aamir Khan, in his show Satyamev Jayate, exposed a grim reality of the world's largest democracy. His ...
10:00 AM, May 08, 2012

Vivian Fernandes

Espresso Economics |

Just when you thought that the news media was dissipating itself in the purposeless eddies of irrelevance, trying to keep people excited without engaging them ...
03:16 PM, May 07, 2012

Soumyadip Choudhury

Pixelated |

Summer of 2001. Bhopal. Bharat Talkies. Dil Chahta Hai. A decade later the experience is still as fresh. On that overcast afternoon, I stepped ...
07:39 PM, Jul 22, 2011