Anand Philip's Blog

Month: April 2012

  • The success formula- Shyam Benegal on Hindi Cinema and the challenges of New cinema

    The success formula- Shyam Benegal on Hindi Cinema and the challenges of New cinema

    In 1977 there was a symposium examining “THE CINEMA SITUATION”. The symposium was attended by some greats of Indian Cinema like Mani Kaul,  Kumar Shahani, Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal etc. I discovered a quote from Shyam Benegal’s essay on tumblr via Dhrupad and was hooked. I discovered that the quote was from a longer essay on…

  • Expertise, politics of health and the Doctor as an Educator

    This post is culled from an exchange in a medical group I am a member of. Mr. Srivats has kindly granted my permission to reproduce this gem of a letter. Pay particular attention to the last 3 paragraphs. Dear Friends, As I promised in my previous mail, I am adding to the question of the…

  • Take home messages for Indian activists from KONY2012

    As far as metrics go, Kony 2012 was a success. some 10 million people have watched the video and I don’t know of another social justice issue that so many people have heard of, let alone watched a half hour movie on. As far as the production goes, KONY2012 was a job well done. I…

  • Childhood sexual abuse: be prepared.

    It is time we face the fact that the sexual abuse of children is not an  occasional deviant  act, but a devastating commonplace fact of everyday life” Florence Rush The Best-Kept Secret Sexual abuse of children happens. It is common and widespread. Like last year, a bunch of volunteers have been spreading information about childhood…

  • Long-form Indian writing- Digest 002

    I’ve been trying to find bloggers who write longer posts, and am happy to feature a few today. My child’s spirit is just as important as her physical health. Karina Varma (BziB on twitter) and her daughter had a not-uncommon horrific experience in a hospital. If you are a healthcare provider or a parent, this…

  • Long-form Indian writing- Digest 001

    In my last post I outlined that Longform writing on the web has found a new life thanks to apps like Readability, Instapaper and Longreads. My interest lies in finding indian writings that are long from and bring to focus my immediate surrounding. Every week I will present that weeks finds, and hopefully this list…