India in the 21st Century

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mira Kamdar
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Social Inequalities ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Colonial Legacy ◽  
Wealth Concentration ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Religious Plurality ◽  
Growing Economy

India is fast overtaking China to become the most populous country on Earth. By mid-century, its 1.7 billion people will live in what is projected to become the world’s second-largest economy after China. While a democracy and an open society compared to China, assertive Hindu nationalism is posing new challenges to India’s democratic freedoms and institutions at a time when illiberal democracies and autocratic leaders are on the rise worldwide. How India’s destiny plays out in the coming decades will matter deeply to a world where the West’s influence in shaping the 21st century will decline as that of these two Asian giants and other emerging economies in Africa and Latin America rise. In India in the 21st Century, Mira Kamdar, a former member of the New York Times Editorial Board and an award-winning author, offers readers an introduction to India today in all its complexity. In a concise question-and-answer format, Kamdar addresses India’s history, including its ancient civilization and kingdoms; its religious plurality; its colonial legacy and independence movement; the political and social structures in place today; its rapidly growing economy and financial system; India’s place in the geopolitical landscape of the 21st century; the challenge to India posed by climate change and dwindling global resources; wealth concentration and stark social inequalities; the rise of big data and robotics; the role of social media and more. She explores India’s contradictions and complications, while celebrating the merging of India’s multicultural landscape and deep artistic and intellectual heritage with the Information Age and the expansion of mass media. With clarity and balance, Kamdar brings her in-depth knowledge of India and eloquent writing style to bear in this focused and incisive addition to Oxford’s highly successful What Everyone Needs to Know® series.

scholarly journals “It’s All about Working with the Story!”: On Movement Direction in Musicals. An Interview with Lucy Hind

Arts ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 56
Author(s):  
George Rodosthenous
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
South African ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Movement Direction ◽  
The North ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Theatre Company ◽  
Epic Theatre ◽  
The Uk

Lucy Hind is a South African choreographer and movement director who lives in the UK. Her training was in choreography, mime and physical theatre at Rhodes University, South Africa. After her studies, Hind performed with the celebrated First Physical Theatre Company. In the UK, she has worked as movement director and performer in theatres including the Almeida, Barbican, Bath Theatre Royal, Leeds Playhouse Lowry, Sheffield Crucible, The Old Vic and The Royal Exchange. Lucy is also an associate artist of the award-winning Slung Low theatre company, which specializes in making epic theatre in non-theatre spaces. Here, Lucy talks to George Rodosthenous about her movement direction on the award-winning musical Girl from the North Country (The Old Vic/West End/Toronto and recently seen on Broadway), which was described by New York Times critic Ben Brantley as “superb”. The conversation delves into Lucy’s working methods: the ways she works with actors, the importance of collaborative work and her approach to characterization. Hind believes that her work affects the overall “tone, the atmosphere and the shape of the show”.

scholarly journals The End of Ombudsmen? 21st-Century Journalism and Reader Representatives

2018 ◽  
Vol 96 (1) ◽  
pp. 288-307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Ferrucci
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
News Organizations

In May 2017, the New York Times announced it would eliminate its public editor position, something a number of news organizations have done recently. Using the theory of metajournalistic discourse and textual analysis as a methodology, this study examines how actors within or on the boundaries of journalism reacted to the news and defined the ombudsman position. The data illustrated that today’s public editor should be a watchdog, perform public relations functions, be a conduit between readers and a newsroom, and build trust with readership. Finally, the author then argues the merit of the position in today’s journalism industry.

From Whitman to Hugo: An interview with Brian Selznick

Book 2 0 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 175-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Ue
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Walt Whitman ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Arabian Nights ◽  
Martin Scorsese ◽  
Young Readers ◽  
Live Oak ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Todd Haynes ◽  
The Voice

‘Walt Whitman loved words’. So begins Barbara Kerley’s and Brian Selznick’s Walt Whitman: Words for America (2004), a biography of the American poet for young readers that has been recognized as a Robert F. Sibert Honor Book. Kerley and Selznick trace the poet from his beginnings as a printer’s apprentice to his volunteer work as a nurse during the American Civil War; and from the young Walt poring over the pages of Arabian Nights and Ivanhoe to his own creative output being interpreted as the voice of his nation. Like all of Selznick’s books, Walt Whitman is illustrated with precise, evocative drawings for all ages. The New York Times bestselling author and illustrator returns to the poet with his latest, Live Oak, with Moss (2019). Among Selznick’s many other popular books for children are The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2007) and Wonderstruck (2011) (covers available at https://www.thebrianselznick.com/books.htm). These two works have now been adapted into award-winning films by Martin Scorsese (2011) and Todd Haynes (2017), respectively.

scholarly journals ONE YEAR LATER AND THE MYTH OF A POST-RACIAL SOCIETY

2009 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-249 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Dawson ◽  
Lawrence D. Bobo
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
New York ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Wall Street Journal ◽  
New York Times ◽  
The United States ◽  
White Americans ◽  
Substantial Evidence ◽  
Wall Street ◽  
One Year

Many commentators, both conservative and liberal, have celebrated the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States, claiming the election signified America has truly become a “post-racial” society. It is not just Lou Dobbs who argues the United States in the “21st century [is a] post-partisan, post-racial society.” This view is consistent with beliefs the majority of White Americans have held for well over a decade: that African Americans have achieved, or will soon achieve, racial equality in the United States despite substantial evidence to the contrary. Indeed, this view is consistent with opinions found in the Boston Globe, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and elsewhere—attitudes that even the tragic events following the Katrina disaster had nothing to do with race.

scholarly journals REVIEW: When journalists are reluctant to write about the travails of a troubled trade

2003 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 208-209
Author(s):  
David Robie
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Iraq War ◽  
New York Times ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Freedom Of The Press ◽  
The Press ◽  
The World ◽  
Foreign Correspondent ◽  
Better Than

Review of Attacks on the Press in 2002, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, 2003. Freedom of the Press throughout the World, 2003, Reporters Sans Frontières, Paris, 2003. Live News: A survival Guide for journalists, International Federation of Journalists, Brussels, 2003. Dangerous Assignments: covering the Iraq War, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, 2002. When the press come under attack, many reporters find themsevles in a dilemma, notes foreign correspondent Serge Schmemann, a member of The New York Times' editorial board. Writing the preface to the annual New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists' Attacks on the Press for volume 2002, he reminds journalists of who knows better than the failings of the press than they do. 

Round Table: Showgirls

2003 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 32-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akira Mizuta Lippit ◽  
Noëël Burch ◽  
Chon Noriega ◽  
Ara Osterweil ◽  
Linda Williams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Round Table ◽  
The New York Times ◽  
Fallen Woman

As recently as December, 2002, the New York Times' Elvis Mitchell referred to the "wreckage"of Showgirls (1995). Yet the Film Quarterly editorial board had just been galvanized by a discussion of the same film. Apparently there exists a number of secret and not-so-secret devotees of the film. Showgirls has, perhaps unexpectedly, served to stimulate scholarly thought around issues of camp, satire, class, gender, the fallen woman, showgirl musicals, trash cinema,sexploitation films, hedonistic criticism, and reading and teaching the film. Noëël Burch, Akira Mizuta Lippit, Chon Noriega, Ara Osterweil, Eric Schaefer, Jeffrey Sconce, and Linda Williams have contributed to this discussion of the film. Perhaps Showgirls can still be rescued from the wreckage?

scholarly journals Little Blue and Little Yellow by L. Lionni

2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Debbie Feisst
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Young Adult Fiction ◽  
Older Children ◽  
University Of Alberta ◽  
Children's Book ◽  
Children's Picture Books ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
The University

Lionni, Leo. Little Blue and Little Yellow. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011. Print. Award-winning author, artist, and graphic illustrator, Leo Lionni, had a distinguished, decades-spanning career and wrote over 40 children’s books in an easily recognizable style. Little Blue and Little Yellow was his first children’s book, and it won the New York Times Book Review Best Illustrated Children’s Book of the Year award in 1959. Lionni was also a four-time Caldecott Honor Book winner, an award that celebrates excellence in children’s picture books. This review pertains to the 2011 board book edition, just right for the littlest hands. The story is simple perfection. Little Blue and Little Yellow, are best friends who live across the street from one another. They enjoy all sorts of games both together and with their other equally-colourful friends. One day, Little Blue wants to play with Little Yellow but cannot find him. Overjoyed as they finally meet up, they hug until they become green! However, when they go home, their parents do not recognize them, and they are very sad. Where did Little Blue and Little Yellow go? Are they lost? This delightful story has many layers. It can simply be read as a way to introduce the concept of colour to young children, but it has deeper, yet understated, themes of friendship and diversity. It is a delight to read and look at, and while this sturdy edition is certainly aimed at the preschool crowd, older children will enjoy it too. Highly recommended: 4 out of 4 starsReviewer: Debbie FeisstDebbie is a Public Services Librarian at the H.T. Coutts Education Library at the University of Alberta.  When not renovating, she enjoys travel, fitness and young adult fiction.

scholarly journals News and Announcements

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hanne Pearce
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Native American ◽  
Children's Literature ◽  
Picture Book ◽  
Children’S Literature ◽  
New York Times ◽  
Golf Club ◽  
Illustrated Books ◽  
Award Winning ◽  
Book Award

Happy fall and early winter everyone! It seems most of the book festivals and meetings have passed for the year but there are certainly award announcements worth noting. TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards Town Is by the Sea, written by Joanne Schwartz and illustrated by Sydney Smith, won the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award ($50,000) When the Moon Comes, written by Paul Harbridge and illustrated by Matt James, won the Marilyn Baillie Picture Book Award ($20,000) #NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women, edited by Lisa Charleyboy and Mary Beth Leatherdale, won the Norma Fleck Award for Canadian Children’s Non-Fiction ($10,000) The Assassin’s Curse by Kevin Sands won the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction for Young People ($5,000) The Hanging Girl by Eileen Cook won the John Spray Mystery Award ($5,000) The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline won the Amy Mathers Teen Book Award ($5,000) Young readers were asked to pick their favourite book from the shortlisted TD Canadian Children’s Literature Awards titles in an online poll. This year, Barbara Reid took home the $5,000 award for Picture the Sky. 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award Winners Announced Young people’s literature — text (English): Sweep by Jonathan Auxier Young people’s literature — illustrated books (English): They Say Blue by Jillian Tamaki Young people’s literature — text (French): Le chemin de la montagne by Marianne Dubuc See full list of Governor General Literary Award winners here: https://ggbooks.ca/#finalists Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable (VCLR) is hosting an event to celebrate Award-Winning BC Children’s Authors and Illustrators 2019January 30, 2019, 7 – 9 pm UBC Golf Club - see the website for more details I will leave you with a nice summary of the best illustrated children’s books of 2018 selected by The New York Times.

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