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TODAY'S INTERVIEW
Celebrating the Body
Where does the body begin... and where does it end? This is just one of the many provocative questions Chandralekha, 75, has posed and attempted to answer to expand our understanding of the body, of energy, of female power. Through
25 years of choreographic work, workshops with women's groups, writings, posters and drawings, Chandra's creative
interpretations have served as "a manifesto for an emancipatory politics of the body". She spoke to Narayani Ganesh on the sidelines of her group's presentation of 'Sharira' in the Capital to commemorate 20 years of Jagori, a feminist organisation:
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12:00:00 AM Saturday, October 09, 2004
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TODAY'S INTERVIEW
Appeal against BCCI
Rahul Mehra is like the guy next door. What sets him apart is his fight to make one of the most powerful sports body in the country, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) accountable and transparent. With the Delhi high court ruling that the BCCI was open to judicial review regarding its public duties, Mehra, who filed the public interest litigation (PIL), is a happy man. But he also realises that the battle has only just begun. He speaks to Archana Jahagirdar about his legal battle.
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12:00:00 AM Friday, October 08, 2004
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Family Feud
The BJP hoped to turn Congress leader Mani Shankar Aiyar's remarks on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar as a rallying point prior to the Maharashtra elections. It was in for a rude jolt when Himani Savarkar, daughter-in-law of Narayan Damodar Savarkar, younger brother of the ideologue, and daughter of Gopal Godse, younger brother of Nathuram Godse, decided to contest the polls as an Akhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha candidate from a BJP stronghold, the Kasba assembly constituency in Pune. Himani, an architect by profession, tells Abhijit Atre why she chose to take on the BJP:
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12:00:00 AM Thursday, October 07, 2004
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Girl, Interrupted
Gender equality and rights have been her passion all her working life. She has been actively lobbying with governments across the world for strengthening women's rights and empowering them to make the right choices. In the Capital recently, Katarina Lindahl, the head of the Swedish Association for Sexuality Education and former member of the Swedish Committee for Equality between Genders, spoke to Lalita Panicker about her observations on gender rights in the Indian context.
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12:00:00 AM Thursday, October 07, 2004
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Equal Rights
George Abraham is at the forefront of the campaign for inclusive education, or uniform schooling for all children, whether normal or challenged. He, along with Madhumita Puri, has traversed the length and breadth of the country to put together a body of research on the subject. They discuss their concerns with A Srinivas.
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12:00:00 AM Tuesday, October 05, 2004
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Roh's Heart and Seoul
Prominent lawyer, human rights activist and one of the leaders of his country's struggle for democracy, Roh Moo-hyun became president of South Korea in 2002. His tenure has been marked by increased reforms at home and proactive diplomacy abroad, including efforts to strengthen ties with the emerging BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, China) economies. On the eve of his first visit to India, he spoke to Vikas Singh about relations between the two countries and areas where they can work together for mutual benefit.
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12:00:00 AM Monday, October 04, 2004
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