Programming trends that ruled TV in 2014

Producers and broadcasters are now adopting an international style of programming with finite shows that last for a certain time period and deal with concepts that do not n...

The Path to Sustainable Development: Lessons from the Bhopal Disaster

In the 1960s, UCC used to claim that its aim was to “help make a better life for all of us”. In addition, when it began marketing its pesticide products in Indi...

Actor Shenaz Treasurywala's open letter to PM, Amitabh Bachchan, SRK

Dear Narendra Modi, Amitabh Bachchan, Sachin Tendulkar, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan and Anil Ambani, I am writing to YOU specifically because you are the most po...

TV Review: A SUITABLE ACTOR Television

There are thousands of shows currently being aired on Indian television featuring a few hundred actors. Most shows are imperceptible with lackluster performances, while a h...

12 Paths to Strengthening Food Security in an Unstable World

It’s important that agriculture and nutrition work better together. Across the entire agricultural chain there are opportunities to make food more nutritious: from se...

Stars work the stock market for charity

Dame Helen Mirren, Damian Lewis and Prince Harry became stockbrokers in London on Wednesday (03Dec14) to raise money for charity. They were joined by former Girls Aloud sin...

Sustainable development economics

TWO schools of thought tend to dominate today’s economic debates. According to free-market economists, governments should cut taxes, reduce regulations, reform labour...

“You should never underestimate the power of good writing”: Namit Sharma

Utilising his 15 years of experience across genres, he has created great programming for Zee TV. From broadcasting to content generation, it’s an amalgamation of seve...

Thespo 16 to host numerous workshops at the festival

– From 15th to 21st December 2014, now in two venues, Prithvi Theatre & Sitara Studio –

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