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29/11/2023

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24/11/2023

Earlier this month we came out with the 3rd issue of our annual E-magazine as we completed 11 years of OpinionTandoor.in. If you wish to support our little website so that we can commission more pieces and pay our contributors, you can purchase this issue for $3 on our patreon shop. No subscription required. Only one time payment.
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As OpinionTandoor.in completes 11 years, we are proud to bring out the third edition of our annual E-magazine. Like past three years, this issue contains all the pieces published on our website in …

21/11/2023

#विश्व_टेलिविजन_दिवस पर पढ़ें कैसे #धारावाहिक छोटी सी आशा में काव्य का दुर्लभ प्रयोग किया गया।

मौजूदा हिन्दी धारावाहिकों में जहाँ कथावस्तु और कहानी में किसी प्रकार की नवीनता या रचनात्मकता की संभावना लगभग समा...

21/11/2023

On read this of 's Series which brings together socio-political commentary on present times with a conspiracy narrative situated in the world of journalism.

Hansal Mehta’s Netflix series Scoop is a rare and invaluable insight into Indian media which doesn’t pull any punches when dealing with the industry and its murky relationship with the underworld, …

21/11/2023

#विश्व_टेलीविजन_दिवस पर पढ़ें यह लेख जो हिंदी #धारावाहिकों पर आलोचनात्मक पत्रकारिता के अभाव पर प्रकाश डालने का प्रयास करता है।

दोपहर के एक या दो बजे के समय अगर आप कोई भी जाना-माना हिन्दी समाचार चैनल (एक दो को छोड़कर) चलाएंगे तो इसकी कम ही संभावना ....

21/11/2023

On read this piece which ponders over the importance of opening credit sequences in Indian television shows, also popularly called the "casting" and how it has vanished in today.

A lot has changed in the world of Hindi television series since the mid-1980s when the first lot including ‘Hum Log’, ‘Buniyad’ etc. began to air on Doordarshan, the state-run broadcasting channel.…

21/11/2023

#विश्व_धारावाहिक_दिवस पर पढ़ें यह लेख जो भारतीय #धारावाहिक के इसकी शुरुआत से लेकर सास-बहु विशेष धारावाहिकों तक के #इतिहास पर एक नज़र डालता है।

प्रस्तावना: धारावाहिक दूरसंचार का एक महत्वपूर्ण और संभावनाओं से भरा माध्यम है पर एक गहन शोध और विचार के बिना यह एक ....

21/11/2023

On read this piece which tracks the journey of right from its beginnings until the K-drama era.

Abstract: Television soap is a mode of entertainment and at the same time holds great potential as a medium of mass communication as well. However a medium studied in a non-systematic and a generic…

19/11/2023

In January 2007 Opinion Tandoor started meekly as a 4 page newsletter in print by photocopying 4 individual A4 sheets onto a single A2 sheet and folding it. Back then the idea was to "bake opinions with facts", whatever that means 🤭. But over next few months friends and family generously contributed articles and poems to this little newsletter. Thanks to Garima Amita Chaturvedi , Harsh*ta Udayashankar , saxena , , Sarika Chaturvedi and others for turning this one person initiative into a collaboration. Then Neha helped adding colours to it, which wouldn't have been possible without her father who was so kind to indulge our little fancies amidst his busy schedule at his printing press. And of course thanks to the graphic designer at their office who turned the shabby drawings into beautiful graphic images for the cover. And then in our last two editions we were weirdly emboldened to approach some local businesses in Mayur Vihar, Delhi for ads and they weirdly agreed to trust us 😄. But their ads for those two editions were a perfect little crescendo for our little journey with this publication that started as a newsletter and ended as a magazine only to be reborn as a blog 5 years later which grew up to be opiniontandoor.in. As that song goes "nobody knows where you might end up...". Reminiscing the print in hopes to bring it back again sometime and even if it doesn't return, let's just say "any trip is worth it".

17/11/2023

This entire year we keenly covered the Agra metro project and its impact on the historical heritage of the once capital of Mughal India. Our 3rd annual E-magazine features a 3 part series on the topic as the cover story. Read this and more in our issue available now on our patreon shop at $3. Click the link below.

As OpinionTandoor.in completes 11 years, we are proud to bring out the third edition of our annual E-magazine. Like past three years, this issue contains all the pieces published on our website in …

16/11/2023

On read this review of the series which is a timely reminder of how ethics of have declined in the 21st century in India.

Hansal Mehta’s Netflix series Scoop is a rare and invaluable insight into Indian media which doesn’t pull any punches when dealing with the industry and its murky relationship with the underworld, …

16/11/2023

On read this review of Dr Andrew Otis's book 'Hicky's Bengal Gazette' which tells a fascinating account of the first ever in India.

The legacy of British colonial rule in India includes a lot of things such as railways, roads, communication infrastructure etc. But what is not often talked about is their role in establishing som…

16/11/2023

On read this review of Shyamlal Yadav's book "Journalism through RTI" which tells the journey and impact of on Indian .

Click on the picture above to buy this book. For more than twelve years now, Right to Information (RTI) act 2005 has been making a big splash in various socio-political scenarios in India. From act…

16/11/2023

On read this review of P Sainath's book 'Everybody Loves a Good Drought' which serves as an excellent reminder of what grassroot level looks like.

Book Review: This is not a conventional book review since this is not a conventional book. It is a narrative of an experience of reading this book. Twenty two years since these stories have been re…

14/11/2023

On 's first 's birthday read about the challenges he faced in kickstarting of and how he fared in handling them.

With the formation of India as a nation state, India and its leadership faced a mammoth task of building new institutions in all areas of governance. Nehruvian leadership was known for its socialis…

13/11/2023

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As OpinionTandoor.in completes 11 years, we are proud to bring out the third edition of our annual E-magazine. Like past three years, this issue contains all the pieces published on our website in …

11/11/2023

#राष्ट्रीय_शिक्षा_दिवस पर पढ़ें #आगरा के सी.बी.एस.ई स्कूलों में उच्च माध्यमिक स्तर पर सामाजिक विज्ञान के विषयों की वस्तुस्थिति पर किए गए अध्ययन पर आधारित यह लेख।

प्रस्तावना: हिन्दुस्तान के कई शहरों में उच्च माध्यमिक स्तर पर सामाजिक पाठ्य विषयों का विकल्प छात्र-छात्राओं के ल.....

11/11/2023

On read this study on the status of at Senior Secondary level in from .

  Abstract: It is widely recognised that social sciences are facing a serious crisis in current education scenario in the country. However the senior secondary level of education, which is a v…

10/11/2023

#विश्व_सार्वजनिक_यातायात_दिवस पर पढ़ें यह पूर्व प्रकाशित लेख जिसमें #आगरा शहर में यातायात परिदृश्य में आ रहे परिवर्तनों के माध्यम से भारत के उभरते शहरों में #यातायात के विषय पर चर्चा की गई है।

भारत में बढ़ते शहरीकरण के मद्देनज़र जिस ढांचागत नागरिक सेवा पर सबसे अधिक ध्यान दिया जा रहा है, वह है यातायात व्यवस्थ.....

10/11/2023

Third issue of our annual E-magazine is out now. You can support our website by purchasing this issue for $3 on our Patreon shop and help raise funds for our work. Thanks for your support and patronage.

As OpinionTandoor.in completes 11 years, we are proud to bring out the third edition of our annual E-magazine. Like past three years, this issue contains all the pieces published on our website in …

06/11/2023

Monday greetings everyone! A reminder that the 3rd issue of our annual E-magazine is out now and available for purchase for $3 on our Patreon Shop. It's a one time payment and you don't need to subscribe to our account, if you don't wish to. This is a way of raising funds for Opinion Tandoor so that we can commission articles from more experts and journalists because we believe in always paying whatever little we can to our contributors.

As OpinionTandoor.in completes 11 years, we are proud to bring out the third edition of our annual E-magazine. Like past three years, this issue contains all the pieces published on our website in …

03/11/2023

Our third annual issue of Opinion Tandoor E-Magazine is now out and available for purchase for $3. This is to raise funds for OpinionTandoor.in. In return you would get all our content published in the past 12 months in a classic magazine format. Hoping for your continued patronage and support!

As OpinionTandoor.in completes 11 years, we are proud to bring out the third edition of our annual E-magazine. Like past three years, this issue contains all the pieces published on our website in …

01/11/2023

OpinionTandoor.in has completed 11 years today. A big thanks to all our readers and contributors for their support all these years. Please continue to read and write for Opinion Tandoor. We will be coming up with our annual issue in a few days that will be available for a small price for those who wish to contribute to our little website.

31/10/2023

is a great way to imagine and interpret urban geography and even make a character out of cities. On read this review of the cult classic that looks at its alternate imagination of as a and an important character in the story.

The trope of a big city has always been a cornerstone of Hindi cinema right from its early days until now. The big city either represented as a force of good or evil, has had an overwhelming narrat…

31/10/2023

#विश्व_शहर_दिवस पर पढ़ें 'सिटीज़ ऑफ स्लीप' #डाक्यूमेंट्री की यह #समीक्षा जो शहरों में नींद जैसी बुनियादी मानवीय आवश्यकता के एक उत्पाद बनने की कहानी सुनाती है जिसका उपभोग करने में असंपन्न लोग असक्षम रह जाते हैं।

गरीबी को कई चश्मों से देखा जाता रहा है। पहले इसे भौतिक वस्तुओं के अभाव में देखा जाता था। अमर्त्य सेन और जॉन द्रे जैस...

31/10/2023

Gulzar's is one of the rare films that looks at the aftermath of violence that broke out after 31st October 1984 when was assassinated by her Sikh bodyguards. Read this for more.

Based on the anti-Sikh pogrom of 1984 that followed Indira Gandhi’s assassination by her own Sikh bodyguards, Maachis was an introspection into the aftermath of the pogrom focusing on the witch-hun…

27/10/2023

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We're coming up with our latest E-Magazine issue-3 (2023) next week on November 1. Do check it out and as always please continue to extend you patronage to Opinion Tandoor.

17/10/2023

"लंबित मामलों की भारी संख्या इसलिए चिंताजनक है क्योंकि इनके निस्तारण के अभाव में जन सूचना अधिकारियों की जवाबदेही सुनिश्चित नहीं हो पा रही है एवं #सूचना_का_अधिकार अधिनियम का प्रभाव कम हो रहा है। लंबित मामलों का एक बड़ा कारण सूचना आयोगों में सूचना आयुक्तों की कमी है।"
Satark Nagrik Sangathan

स्त्रोत देश के सभी राज्य सूचना आयोगों एवं केन्द्रीय सूचना आयोग में कुल मिलाकर तीन लाख से अधिक शिकायतें/अपील लंबित ...

16/10/2023

"देश के सभी राज्य सूचना आयोगों एवं #केन्द्रीय_सूचना_आयोग में कुल मिलाकर तीन लाख से अधिक शिकायतें/अपील लंबित हैं। महाराष्ट्र सूचना आयोग में सबसे अधिक, 1,15,524 शिकायतें/अपील लंबित हैं जबकि दूसरे नंबर पर कर्नाटक #सूचना_आयोग है जहाँ 41,047 शिकायतें/अपील लंबित हैं और तीसरा नंबर उत्तर प्रदेश सूचना आयोग का है जहाँ 27,163 शिकायतें/अपील लंबित पड़ी हैं।"
और जानकारी के लिए पूरा लेख पढ़ें। Satark Nagrik Sangathan

स्त्रोत देश के सभी राज्य सूचना आयोगों एवं केन्द्रीय सूचना आयोग में कुल मिलाकर तीन लाख से अधिक शिकायतें/अपील लंबित ...

12/10/2023

has been one of the few rights that has been invoked by common people as much as, if not more, by activists. On completion of 18 years of read these perspectives from women living in Delhi slums on their experiences with the act.

In 2017 Sumit Chaturvedi conducted interviews in two slums of New Delhi- Munirka and Kusumpur Pahadi with women who work with or attend meetings of Satark Nagarik Sangathan (SNS), an organisat…

12/10/2023

As completes its 18 years of enactment today, here's a pre-published with that takes a look at the journey of act thus far and what future portends for it.

Excerpts from an interview with Amrita Johri, RTI activist from Satark Nagrik Sangathan, by Sumit Chaturvedi. (Edited for grammatical coherence). On the change, if any, in the nature of information…

12/10/2023

As completes its 18 years of enactment today, read this extensive interview with RTI activist in which she discusses the power dynamics of in politics and society.

Excerpts from an interview with Anjali Bhardwaj, co-convenor of National Campaign for People’s Right to Information and founding member of Satark Nagarik Sagathan (SNS) by Sumit Chaturvedi. (…

12/10/2023

enacted in 2005 on this day has been a game changer for process of when it comes to levelling of playing field between and people on the socio-economic margins, especially . Here's a field study examining the impact of the act.

Abstract: This is an abridged version of the report published in 2018 by the Department of Personnel and Training, Government of India, written for the RTI fellowship programme 2016 by Sumit Chatur…

12/10/2023

18 years ago the was first enacted on this day. Here's a review of 's book which talks about the journey of RTI act in the field of Indian journalism through the years.

Click on the picture above to buy this book. For more than twelve years now, Right to Information (RTI) act 2005 has been making a big splash in various socio-political scenarios in India. From act…

11/10/2023

95 years ago today one of the first playful ***r literature works, 's was published. Though Woolf was not too keen on adaptations of , the 1992 Sally Potter adaptation warrants a look because of the way it uses and to depict a very complex .

Virginia Woolf’s Orlando was one of her most special novels because of its eccentric plot, story and narrative. It was regarded as the ‘The longest and most charming love letter in literature’ writ…

06/10/2023

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02/10/2023

provides an apt opportunity to take an analytical look at the modern 's of commemorating certain eminent personalities and leaving out certain others.

We all remember from our school days, there was always an excitement to check out the calendar as it held secrets to our joys and delight in form of holidays and offs from school. Which days were t…

02/10/2023

#अंतरष्ट्रीय_अहिंसा_दिवस पर अमिता चतुर्वेदी के इस लेख में पढ़ें कि कैसे आधुनिक #पौराणिक #उपन्यास समाज में #हिंसा और वीभत्सता को बढ़ावा देने का काम कर रहे हैं।

  (लेखिका परिचय- अमिता चतुर्वेदी ने हिन्दी साहित्य में एम. फिल. की उपाधि प्राप्त की है। यह लेख मूलत: उनके ब्लॉग ‘अपन....

02/10/2023

On read this piece by Amita Chaturvedi that looks at the role played by modern in promoting and in society.

The relationship of religion and literature has undergone a transformation lately, because of which novels based on mythological stories have become increasingly popular. The mythological character…