Category Archives: Media Sociology

Fatal Flaws of Feminism

Posted on February 21, 2012 by secondsaturn

When I was born a girl child, being the first born in a family of sparse fertility, my parents decided that never in my life as an adult they will allow my gender to get in my way. Thus while … Continue reading →

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Formula One Car Races : Who Won?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by secondsaturn
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Greenathon – The Hypocrisy

Posted on June 9, 2011 by secondsaturn

NDTV’s Greenathon is a model case study of how the media creates and circulates images to conceal conflicts in society and impose pretences as infallible truths. The Greenathon is a thriving instance of such an activity. It is a cleverly … Continue reading →

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What Is Political Cinema

Posted on May 12, 2011 by secondsaturn

On Sunday the 26th April 2009, we discussed what is a political film? Is there something called a political film? If so, then what kind of film it is, does it have a specific kind of topic or does it … Continue reading →

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Ekta Kapoor’s Coffee and a Tale of Wives

Posted on April 7, 2011 by secondsaturn

Ekta Kapoor turned out to be effortlessly articulate with a definite command over the English language. This is notwithstanding the fact that English is the lingua franca of the Hindi film industry and one of the markers of success in … Continue reading →

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Bhangra on women’s day..

Posted on March 9, 2011 by secondsaturn

Madhubani posted a series of songs renditioned by Kali Dasgupta together with his interviews. In the ensemble of songs from many regions, there were a few bhangras along translation of lyrics. Hence I knew for the first time in my … Continue reading →

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Middle Class Warfare – Ma Exchange

Posted on January 28, 2011 by secondsaturn

Sony TV’s Ma Exchange programme aired every Wednesday and Thursday between 9 and 10 pm is about swapping mothers. The mothers are chosen carefully because while both families are middle class, yet one family, in terms of income, career and … Continue reading →

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Dev Anand – Eternally Young or Trapped in Time?

Posted on December 6, 2010 by secondsaturn

Cine Durbar was once again instrumental in organizing through the IFFI, a panorama of Naveketan films to celebrate 60 years of the film producing company owned by Dev Anand. Mr Dev Anand was himself present as a bonus for the … Continue reading →

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Bollywood-isation of the Hindi Formula Film – Changing Cinema For Changing Times

Posted on November 26, 2010 by secondsaturn

Today the Hindi commercial cinema is known as Bollywood rhymed with Hollywood, a name by which the American film industry is known. Hollywood is a neighbourhood in Los Angeles, in the state of California in the USA, which has a … Continue reading →

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Media In A Liberalized Economy – A Watchdog or Perpetrator of Myths?

Posted on November 26, 2010 by secondsaturn

The modern world is witnessing a media revolution. Never before has human history seen such proliferation of investments across the world into television channels, advertisements and broadcasting. It appears that investing into a country’s media properties is lucrative business for … Continue reading →

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