We here at Radio Netherlands Worldwide are going through a bit of soul searching these days. You may have heard on the grapevine that our budget for 2013 has been cut by a whopping 70%. That means in effect that out of some 350 employees - currently working in half a dozen language departments, web design and [...]
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The Lord of Literature turns to tweeting
Should I be disappointed that he’s come down amongst us mere mortals, or glad that Salman Rushdie, the God of Great Words, has discovered the lowbrow delights of social media?
First I have to wonder how on earth he’s going to keep his multifarious hydra headed imagination and pyrotechnic style caged in 140 characters?
Then I have [...]
The Truth Will Set You Free
Omar Abdullah’s call for a Truth & Reconciliation Commission in Kashmir, following the finding of bodies in mass graves, raises complex and disturbing questions about justice. Gautam Patel is a lawyer and columnist. He created the popular blog Prisoner of Agenda
In early 1977, Jacobo Timerman, the publisher of a liberal newspaper in Argentina, was arrested [...]
The Murdoch circus; That’s Entertainment.
Like many around the world, I was glued to the telly yesterday watching the questioning of the Sun King and the Dauphin aka Rupert and James Murdoch. They’ve been facing an official inquiry into the phone hacking scandal that’s brought down the News of the World and now seems to be lapping at feet of [...]
Music as the final goodbye
In this time of sweeping cutbacks, it seems that culture and the arts are always going to be the first victims. It’s happening here in The Netherlands too with the vicious slashing of grants and subsidies to culture. In schools too, its always the music and drama programmes that are sacrificed first.
We undervalue the importance of [...]
