SP SINGH/ एसपी सिंह

A look at art in colleges TNN Dec 3, 2001, 12.55am IST a look at art in colleges the birla academy of art and culture at 108, southern avenue, will present an exhibition — art in art colleges of west bengal — from december 5. the exhibition will be inaugurated at 6 pm by vice chancellor of visva-bharati university sujit kumar basu. among those likely to present at the occasion include shanu lahiri, dinkar kaushik and bijon chowdhury. the exhibition will remain open till december 23 between 4 pm and 8 pm except mondays. film fest nandan and swayam are jointly hosting a festival of films on violence against women and women's issues in association with the max mueller bhavan, the british council and the american center from december 1 to 7 at nandan ii. the festival coincides with the international fortnight protesting violence against women. aaj tak on top aaj tak has bagged the "best news channel award" at the first indian television academy awards held in mumbai recently...

When Hindi became telegenic YOGENDRA YADAV Posted online: Wed Jun 27 2007, 00:00 hrs I think of ‘SP’ every time I face the question: “Are you the same man that appears on Aaj Tak?” I continue to face this question hundreds of times, years after my formal association with Aaj Tak is over. Not surprising, for Aaj Tak was for Hindi television news what Surf was for detergents or Xerox for photocopiers. I think of him whenever anyone’s Hindi credentials are mentioned with some respect in Delhi’s charmed circles. Not so long ago, it was not enough to know English; it was equally important not to know any other Indian language. Failing in Hindi was a mark of honour. Being at ease with a desi language defined you out of the monolingual English-speaking power elite. This power equation has altered a bit in the last decade or so. Your station in life is still determined by how well you speak English, but knowing Hindi is no more a disqualification. If we can credit one person with this shift, ...