Prepared New
I’ve been asking myself if one can ever ‘be prepared’ for the death of someone close. Rationally, it only needs some effort to get used to the idea that everyone is always dying, that the process is as inevitable as it is undesired.
Letter from Dhaka: Year of the rats New
The bamboo has flowered, rats have invaded the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The indigenous people here are suffering severe food shortages. Around 600,000 have left their homes in search of food
Technology that people can appropriate is truly appropriate technology
Deccan Development Society’s community media project has put the video camera in the hands of 20 poor, dalit women. The camera has empowered them in unimaginable ways
Letter from Dhaka: a fishing tale
Khademul Islam begins a series of occasional “Letter from Dhaka” by talking about the battle over water rights in the Sylhet region and mourning the loss of tales of valour and resistance
On the tiger trail
As the number of existing tigers continue to be in dispute, Tarsh Thekaekara takes part in a tiger census to see how it’s done
Young minds: Culture, history and fundamentalism
Literature:
The Urdu scene
On reading Kolhatkar in Dhaka
In search of water: Interview with filmmaker Shekhar Kapur
“The interview was published on India Water Portal, www.indiawaterportal.org, a website dedicated to water issues” |
