Fwd: September issue of Hardnews live and available at newsstands

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Date: Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 1:48 PM
Subject: September issue of Hardnews live and available at newsstands
To: editors <editors@hardnewsmedia.com>

 

Dear contributors and friends,

 

The September issue of Hardnews is live and available on stands. Please visit www.hardnewsmedia.com for details and http://www.hardnewsmedia.com/2007/10/1426 for where the magazine is available.

 

The website is being updated regularly and now includes more than the print version.

 

 

Cover Story: Crime Rocks! 

New age crime becomes legit in the new age economy. It's boom time for big money and big crime

 

Cover story includes: 

1) History repeats, as farce by Sanjay Kapoor

Invariably, the rich man gets out of jail, while the penniless gets hanged. Indian prisons are full of such 'criminals'

2) One MMS, too many by Madhuri Balodi in Delhi

As in the film Love, Sex aur Dhoka, new age crime among youngsters has become a Virtual Reality

3) Sacred sleaze by Sanjay Kapoor

So why is it that the powerful Indian State never shows any courage to take on tax offenders and violators of law? Basically, the rich and powerful?

4) Don't by Ratna Raman

A lot of crimes are committed against women by men who have been taught to view women as less than equals

5) Nothing 'natural' about it by Shaweta Anand

Violence against women is rooted deep in the way girls are brought up to become 'women' and boys are made into 'men'

6) Gulp this Pulp! by Sadiq Naqvi

The Hindi pulp fiction thriller still entices and enthrals

7) Oye Bunty! Bunty Oye! By Akash Bisht in Delhi

Bunty, the legendary thief, has turned a new leaf. He narrates his amazing life and times in the world of crime, inside and outside

8) Bollywood realism by Karen Gabriel in Delhi

 When it comes to organised crime, the line between underground and overground is thin. Between power politics and box office cinema, and audience consensus, this is the sleazy synthesis

9) Comic realism by Nandini Chandra

Classical Indian comics basically train young minds to suck up to the stereotypes of the status quo

10) The spy who never loved me by Sonali Ghosh Sen

With its cobwebs of double agents, diabolical conspiracy and shadowy creatures, spy cinema will never go out of fashion

 

The magazine also includes: 

Bitter Sugar by Pradeep Kapoor in Lucknow

Mayawati government is in the dock after allegations of corruption in the sale of four sugar mills

'Tigers do not segregate on regional lines'

Exclusive interview with biologist Shomita Mukherjee

Dirty looking stones by Meha Dixit in Delhi

Despite solemn rhetoric, blood diamonds and child soldiers continue to enact a sub-human trial of tragedy and savagery in the dirty wars of Africa

 

 

Among many others.   

+ Columns by Amit Sengupta, Sanjay Kapoor, Beena Sarwar, Rupa Gulab and Mehru Jaffer. 

+ Exclusive articles by Le Monde Diplomatique, France

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Warm Greetings

Akash Bisht

Editorial Coordinator

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