Culture and Media

Goodbye my friend Dipak Mahanta  It was early Nineties, when I was assigned to report on a theatre production at Tezpur, a small town in central Assam. I was then a novice journalist and when my editor CP Saikia asked me…

Bangladesh government today unblocked all social media platforms including Skype, Twitter, WhatsApp and Viber. Mobile phone operators and Internet service providers in the country resumed the services after getting a letter from the telecom regulator. Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission Chairman Shahjahan Mahmood told…

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) is launching a call to the UN to take concrete action by creating the position of a Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary General for the Safety of Journalists, as November 2, 2015 will mark…

Filibustering is a contentious issue in Hong Kong but this does not deter Legislative Council members Raymond Wong Yuk-man, Ray Chan Chi-chuen, “Long Hair” Leung Kwok-hung and Gary Fan Kwok-wai who plan to use the tactic to stall the Copyright…

Gaza Trade Union Opens Latin America Office in the city of Che Guevara The office aims to promote solidarity networks between workers from Gaza and Latin America. Argentine workers celebrated the opening of a Latin American Office of the General Federation of…

Asia Sentinel was created to provide a platform for news, analysis and opinion on national and regional issues in Asia. It is independent of all governments and major media enterprises. It is open to contributions not only from journalists but from…

by Stuart A. Goldman The NSU Museum Ft. Lauderdale, claims to be the first exhibition exploring avant-garde art influence on the look and content of early network television. Actually, part of the exhibit was on display earlier this year at…

All seven people on board a helicopter returning from a pilgrimage site were killed Monday when a helicopter crashed in the India-held Kashmir region. The flight had left a popular Hindu shrine in the mountainous region, media reported, crashing after…

Contradictions in the Whirlwind: The Refugees Crisis, Paris Attacks, Wars without End  By Gary Corseri   “Humankind cannot bear very much reality.” – T. S. Elliot Whitman wrote in “Leaves of Grass”: “Do I contradict myself?  Very well, then, I contradict…

Oscar winning filmmaker Michael Moore presented his new film, “Where to Invade Next” (trailer) on Thursday, November 12th at DOC NYC 2015 Film Festival. Where to Invade Next is a provocative and inspiring documentary that explores how the U.S. government…