When the disenfranchised of the world see that they, too, can be bold and beautiful, a positive self-image is created.
Switch on cable television in Tansen, a small town in
Some call him a pirate, others say he is just a shrewd businessman. He has made money by plucking satellite programmes off the satellite channels.
Nahil Wijesuriya, a 51-year-old self-made
Most Pakistanis understand Hindi, and so they watch Zee TV. What to do? Some say better this than the state-run propagandist medium bequeathed by Gen Zia-ul Haq.
It is a
South Asia is hooked on satellite television and what it gets is an eyeful. But there's nobody looking out for the public interest as commercial channels swamp the
It is not even a state secret; Nepal has the worst television in all South Asia. Nepal Television (NTV), the state-owned broadcasting monopoly doles out such stale fare that, other
by Sevanti Ninan
Penguin Books India, New Delhi
Since the satellites began bearing down on the Subcontinent, television has displaced many household activities, 'notably sleeping', says the author
So far so good. Where will the satellite programmers go from here?
THESE DAYS, it is fashionable in Pakistan, as it is elsewhere, to malign satellite television. Given the daily
Sultan Mahmud of Ghaznin: A Study, from which the following column is extracted, is a 1927 publication brought out by the Aligarh Muslim University, where Mohammad Habib was Professor of
The Hindu Kingdom of Nepal, despite the religious signifier, actually has very little 'Hinduism' in its state structure even though the king is Hindu.
Nepal is said to
The rise of political and cultural Hindu assertiveness in India is connected more with notions of pride than any form of religiosity.
When supporters and activists of Hindu chauvinist organisations
It s not Hindu religion that needs to be reorganized but Hindu society.
The Clash of Civilisations", Samuel P. Huntington´s influential and closely reasoned essay, categorically states, "
A Nepali idiom for ritual absurdity is biralo bandhney, or "tying the cat". It tells the story of a Brahmin performing the shraddha ceremony for his departed ancestor
