The Indian Express -- Expressions

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Sunday, May 11 1997

Letters to the Editor

"I don't want to be the CEO of Doordarshan"

The small entrance to 14, Akbar Road, is crowded with cars, and a general janata clad in either white khadi or off-white silk. Between meeting well-wishers bearing roses, servants offering barfi, and Raj Babbar announcing his arrival, the newly-appointed minister for information and broadcasting S Jaipal Reddy is clearly pressed for time.

The Idiot Savant

In the storied history of computers, automatons, robots and androids, the name Deep Blue will probably be underlined in red ink, a reminder of the hero in a seminal event in which machine matched man. Well almost, for at the time of writing, the score in the chess battle between Deep Blue and Garry Kasparov is tied 2-2.

Last word

The present state of creative photography in the country is very confused and leaves a lot to be desired. Inevitably, India becomes the recipient of outdated technologies, fashions, and ideas from the West. This gets reflected in photography too. Photographers are expected to entertain through their work. But we are not visual entertainers.

Capital or canny politics?

Fifth Column - Dialectics of support and sabotage

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