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| The new TV audience is seven years
old. It is also very Indian and finicky. Avijit Ghosh reports on the shows
and ads aimed at its 30-second attention span |
| In the coming days, Arnav
Kapur plans to keep a diary. Not to note down how he played football, his favourite
game, in the evening or whether he had trouble negotiating his homework in the
afternoon. The 11-year-old will keep a record of what he likes... |
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| Sting in the tale |
| The scene is a rainy night in Chutupalu village in Jharkhand. Chamni, a 34-year-old tribal woman, lies sleeping on the bare f
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| The spirit is willing |
| The fearful Minotaur of legend wasn’t a monster, half-man half-animal, at all. He actually represented a series of bulls let into an arena whose horns athletic young Cretans, girls and boys in equal number, were trained to dodge or vault over in a sp... |
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| Last
Word: The men’s room |
| Where would you expect to find these practices carried out in a ritual manner? Physical and mental abuse, torture, sexual violence, beatings so vicious that they lead to death. You might say “a prison”, if the Abu Ghraib pictures are still fresh in y... |
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A still from a Hungama TV show, Dheeru and Cheeku
of Cartoon Network
What kids want |
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