The phenomenon of mass globalisation and profligate spending as we know it really took shape in the early part of the 20th century. Many of the marketing campaigns and techniques of major corporations, in the early years, ideologically corrupt as they might be, were essential to generate a well-off economy.
Indian rock's favourite 'unmetal' compilation Stupid Ditties is back and looking for original, un-metal Indian artists to be a part of the initiative. The fourth edition of the album, titled 'Awesome Foursome', will be available for download online, and released as a free CD.
Time Magazinereports--- "The rains that hit New Delhi last week were bad news for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, the biggest sporting spectacle ever to come to India. The event's two shooting ranges, one of them inaugurated just 60 days ago, were extensively damaged in the downpour. A
Debutant author Samanth Subramanian's new book Following Fish: Travels Along the Indian Coast traverses the length of the coastline, sampling fish and the histories of the villagers and fishermen whose lives are now in a historic flux. The following are excerpts from a brief chat with Subramanian about
Having won the Global Metal Award at the recently concluded Metal Hammer Golden Gods 2010 Awards, Demonic Resurrection, one of India's most popular metal bands, is finally getting some well-deserved recognition worldwide. Frontman Sahil Makhija, a.k.a. The Demonstealer, has been toiling relentlessly to promote Indian metal
Our Toxic World deals with what is probably one of the most serious problems in the world today --- toxicity. However, the approach it takes is a little different. Author Aniruddha Sen Gupta chooses to tell the story through pictures. Placing a family called the Sachdevas at the helm of
Brandon Keim reports for Wired magazine --- "There may be a literal truth underlying the common-sense intuition that happiness and sadness are contagious. "A new study on the spread of emotions through social networks shows that these feelings circulate in patterns analogous to what’s seen from epidemiological
On their fifth studio album, Brooklyn-based, Ohio-born indie rock quintet the National have proven that they’re not just a one-trick pony (or a two-trick one, at that). High Violet, a mélange of meditative lyrics and melancholic undertones, is a suitable and fitting part three in their series of masterpieces,
The BBC's Soutik Biswas reports --- "Bangalore may be a kinetic technology hub teeming with expatriates and bright young Indians, Calcutta a decaying dowager brimming with a million stories, and Delhi the capital where power meets noir. "But cosmopolitan, energetic and chaotic Mumbai, where the rich
She has, along with daughter Anasuya and husband Gopal Sharman, staged their political satire, Let’s Laugh Again, during the Emergency to incredulous packed houses for a six month run, until the Emergency itself collapsed. The family’s Akshara Theatre in the centre of New Delhi, a landmark architectural creation,