It would be mistaken to see the corridor project at the Mahakaleshwar temple in isolation. It is part of a concerted strategy that combines religiosity, cultural…
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India’s 2019 general election was the first national election contested within a truly digital consumption society, wherein approximately half the voting population had access to digital…
In early- 2014, when India’s over 400 TV news channels were enmeshed in a bitter fight for ratings to cover the most significant election of their…
“India is Modi. Modi is India” screamed the headline in India’s most popular pink paper, The Economic Times, the day after the new Prime Minister’s historic…
Abstract This article outlines how fresh historical evidence recently made available in a new digital archive necessitates a nuanced rewriting of the complex linkages between colonial…
ABSTRACT Satellite TV has been the greatest social development of the past thirty years in India. With over 800 TV channels in 11 languages, the emergence…
Abstract With over 800 television channels, India is not only the world’s third largest television market but also its most varied. Indian television for the past…
In early 2008, India’s Zee News broadcast a ‘special investigation’. With a loud, red banner labelling the inquiry an ‘exclusive’, the program made two claims: first,…
Extracts from Olympics: The India Story, rev. and updated 2012 edition
The world turns on its axis, night comes after day, the Olympic Games are held every four years. The Olympics are so ubiquitous, so much a…
