Satirist Dario Fo sued
Nobel Prize-winning Italian playwright Dario Fo has been sued for defaming Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi in his new satire The Two-…
Documentary review: Swaraj, the Little Republic
It is a well established practice for non-governmental organisations (ngos) to produce documentary films/videos. Over the last few years, some …
Alcohol ads: Teens targeted?
A recent study in the US reports that magazines popular with teenagers such as Rolling Stone and People tend to carry more alcohol advertisements.…
In medias res: Media coverage of WFS
Media coverage of the just-concluded World Social Forum was vast. About 200 media organisations landed up to report wsf or beam it to all ends of …
Climate communication: Why it is so important in today’s world
Climate communication can demystify climate change and create awareness in a language that can be understood, empathised with and acted upon
Algorithms, bots and elections in Africa: how social media influences political choices
There are indications that social media algorithms and bots are slowly changing the dynamics of elections in Africa
Twitter’s design stokes hostility and controversy. Here’s why, and how it might change
Twitter needs to reconsider the algorithms and metrics (such as likes and retweets) that enable the company to profit from co-ordinated …
Celebrating Documentaries
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Website review: www.changemakers.net
Is information invariably bound to perception? Let us try and answer it in the context of the worldwide conference on water currently online at …
Jeevika 2003: About common people
What do people do when their livelihoods are threatened? How do they deal with a world that pushes them to the margins? Such issues were raised …
Vatavaran 2003: Grand Finale
On November 20, 2003 the curtain fell on Vatavaran 2003, a festival of films devoted exclusively to environmental issues. Organised by New Delhi-…
Website review: http://www.fao.org/hivaids/
This multilingual website, maintained by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations, seeks to work as a centralised source of …
Book notice: Empires of Profit
This is the story of the spread of western-style capitalism around the world, and its effects, often unpleasant, on the local populace
A bit off focus
An exhibition of Indian wildlife photographer Subhankar Banerjee's highly acclaimed snapshots of Alaska has been bumped from a prime spot near …
Overdose of war coverage
The relentless bombardment of war-related footage on tv screens has stressed out viewers. Audiences all around the globe have been complaining of …
IPDC Prize - Radio recognition
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation has announced that it will present the International Programme for the …
Photography: Still lives
Time has almost stood still in the tiny Lower Nanyao village beneath the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain in south-western China. Wild buffaloes still …
Global, and psycho
If business corporations are the most dominant institutions on Earth today, then what is their nature? This question animates The Corporation, …
Book review: Healthy herbs
Quality of Standards of Indian Medicinal Plants, Volume 1, Published by ICMR, 2003 Rs 600
Anti-activism law
The ultra-conservative American Legislative Exchange Council is championing a new law that will endanger activists supporting environmental, …
Russia: Old habits die hard
Filmmaker Sergei Klado and TV journalist Irina Malikova have won Russia's first-ever human rights film award for "The Lizard Effect", which …
Chernobyl: Apathy kills
Secret police documents released in Ukraine reveal the Chernobyl nuclear plant faced problems even before it exploded in 1986 - the world's worst …
Bold strokes of pain - children depict the Muthanga episode
In these days of global and domestic wars, to which many grown-ups respond by simply shrugging their shoulders cynically, children react more …
Iraq war: Shifty stance
US-based magazine Editor and Publisher surveys of us newspaper editorials show that a majority of the top newspapers oppose any attack on Iraq …
Word wars: Language copyright
It's becoming harder to exercise one's freedom of expression, even in the land of liberty. When at & t used the phrase "freedom of expression" in …