
Amrita Shah
The Indian Express Group

Thursday 30 October '08
The city needs to reach into its past for a wiser, more accommodative selfSaturday 11 October '08
The way the financial crisis has been covered in the American mainstream media says something for that country’s extreme...Wednesday
10 September '08The Vogue photoshoot treats poverty as wallpaper and makes manifest what we keep trying to forget.Saturday
23 August '08In his novel 1984, George Orwell drew a terrifying picture of an approaching totalitarian era in which every individual would be spied upon...Thursday
31 July '08It is not generally recalled that Ahmedabad is one of India’s oldest surviving cities.Tuesday
1 July '08Given how freely the word is used it would appear that miracles are not as uncommon a phenomenon as one would...Thursday
12 June '08Ram Gopal Varma’s reputation has been under threat for a while now.Monday
28 April '08By hitting out at the IPL cheerleaders, Maharashtra’s MLAs seem to have sparked off yet another instalment in our long-running debate...Thursday
3 April '08In an environment that encourages the promotion of self over community, Indian football captain Baichung Bhutia’s decision to opt out of the Olympic torch...Monday
24 March '08What is Goa? If you read Maria Aurora Couto’s elegiac tribute, Goa: A Daughter’s Story, it is a land of red mud and green foliage.Tuesday
26 February '08The formation of the Indian Premier League has caused quite a stir.Tuesday
5 February '08Raj Thackeray’s controversy may or may not blow over but, sadly, the outsider issue will again surface.Wednesday
23 January '08The giant kite is stretched across the façade of a low-storeyed building.Tuesday
8 January '08The arrest of 14 people in the recent case involving the molestation of two women outside...Tuesday
1 January '08Giving could be the new taking. Get acquainted with e-clutter and mobulimia. And yes, blue might just be the new green.Sunday
30 December '07Bernard Imhasly tries to gauge Gandhi’s legacy in the lay of the land and its conversationsTuesday
18 December '07It seems a fair assessment to make, that till about a decade ago, those of us living in the urban west in India were reasonably...Thursday
29 November '07The manner in which Taslima Nasreen has had to be shunted from city to city over the last few days is a matter of shame.Friday
9 November '07Last week Mumbai played host to the Urban Age Conference, one of a worldwide series initiated by the Cities Programme...Thursday
25 October '07How does Srija’s, Priyanka’s stories fit in with news of our modernity? Examine urban India’s cultural make up.Thursday
27 September '07Twenty20 to Indian Idol: ‘Chak De India’ puts the public mood in touch with the spectacleSaturday
8 September '07There is so much wrong with the recent saga involving Uma Khurana, the Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya school...Saturday
18 August '07Sixty years on, it hasn’t quite been won. Just look at made-to-order works of art on display in sarkari concertsSunday
12 August '07In the Toronto-based writer’s new novel, a Sufi shrine in Gujarat becomes the site of post-2002 contestationsWednesday
1 August '07As Sanjay Dutt is sentenced, a question: has interest in his trial translated into an understanding of the grimmer aspects of the Mumbai blasts case? And, do we have empathy to spare for the riot victims who still wait for justice?