gDgear Friends:
New York Times presents today three :editions of the Newswallah:Long Reads, Bharat & Bollywood. (04 03 2012)I reproduce the first one below for your convenience, -bhuban . March 4, 2012, 1:51 AM Newswallah: Long Reads Edition By SRUTHI GOTTIPATI Reuters A magazine stand on a railway platform in Mumbai. The magazine landscape in India this week was awash with cover stories assessing Gujarat and its controversial Chief Minister Narendra Modi to reflect on the anniversary of the communal riots in the state a decade ago. Outlook magazine asks an important question – Can it happen again? “The Gujarat riots of 2002 marked the apogee of communal hatred,” the article’s authors write. Ten years after the Sabarmati Express coach was set afire in Godhra on Feb. 27, and after the bloodbath that followed, we must pause and ask: can it happen again? Many would argue that it cannot because, in the long term, Narendra Modi has had to pay a price for presiding over a bloodbath after the advent of 24-hour television. In the immediate aftermath of the riots, however, he gained enormously. The news weekly also poses 25 pointed questions to Mr. Modi – a refresher on what’s gone unanswered. Frontline magazine takes an unequivocal stand with the headline, “A decade of shame.” It focuses on the victims still searching for justice. “I will fight until my dying day to see that Modi and his band of rogues are nailed,” said Rupa Mody, a resident of Gulberg Society, a colony ravaged by a mob and whose son has been missing since the riots. Caravan magazine takes a peek at how a television station “cleans up Hollywood movies for safe Indian viewing.” TV channels snip parts of movies off themselves to protect works from the unpredictable feedback of censors. The writer also manages to get his hands on a list of offensive words banned by the censor board. (“Prostitute” and “testicles” are included). The TV station’s own censorship list of words is longer, and arguably, stranger. “Pee”, “porn” and even the innocuous “panhandle” are on one such list. Indulge in this light read before you plunge into the magazine’s more heavy-duty offerings – a weighty tome on Mr. Modi awaits you. : - _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
