Science, hunger and 200 videotapes
The response was overwhelming: 700 entries had been submitted, of which 200 were selected, and classified into 7 different categories. These were …
Tele tracks on fast tracks
Fibre optic telephone lines which would deliver movies directly to the theatres are all set to stage a revolution if US movie moghuls' high-tech …
Better than the real thing
The Omnicamera can provide all-round vision and will be a boon for sports viewing and security systems
COP26 compendium: Watch how China turned world’s largest polluter
Till the early 2000s, the US, EU, UK, Russia, Australia, Canada and Japan dominated global emissions. And then China became a factory for the …
Manipulating reality
The concept of Virtual Reality -- simulating the real world -- is adding a new dimension to entertainment and education.
New era semiconductors
From missiles to VCRs, a scintillating change is foreseen, At a smart new breed of semiconductors enter the realm of electronics
Making a green mark
Receiving a Wildscreen Panda award is perhaps much more than music to the ears of a team that started off in 1988 by making ad jingles. Eight …
No kidding
Mr SUN TAKES A HOLIDAY IN SEARCH OF WATER MADAME AIR WANTS A CHANGE MEET THE SOIL FAIRY Dilip M Salwi Publisher: Ratna Sagar P Ltd, New Delhi …
AIDS hits prime time on Doordarshan
Prostitutes are shown more frequently in TV programmes as culprits, whereas they are mostly victims of AIDS.
Hope for the living
Documentary film maker, Doordarshan newscaster, theatre artist and radio broadcaster, Ramesh Venkataraman's latest docu-fiction video, Zindagi …
Putting out a helping hand
A film made by CAPART depicts the work done to generate employment among women in West Bengal's Bankura district.
Female and unwated in India
A BBC serial has pieced together damning evidence of the rise in female foeticide in India in the 1990s.
Languishing in the cans
Films on successful technological projects and innovative government schemes have failed simply because there has been no effort to show them to …
Chilika documentary fails to make a point
Oriya film-maker Prithwiraj Mishra's documentary is impressive for its photography, but he fails to deal convincingly with the question of the …
A bitter prelude to salvation
They could do with a little less indignity, the indignity of knowing that you must sing for you supper day in and day out, till you die.
Video magazine ignore environmental issues
The story ends on a cynical note suggesting both Patkar and the government are doggedly pursuing their separate goals
Reserve power
The slaughter of Sariska effectively portrays the determination of the local people to halt the devastation wrought by mines.
Gamers know the power of ‘flow’ — what if learners could harness it too?
Gamers experience the flow state when totally engaged in the game; the challenge in education is to plan for and achieve that level of …
Too much protest, too little practice
The October edition of Newstrack had a livelier-than-usual Crosstalk, which featured doctors furious at being brought under the purview of the …
White on black
A series of film clips is designed to bring the East closer to the self-satisfied cobbers in Australia.
‘Gamers with pathological patterns can now be diagnosed and treated’
Yatan Pal Singh Balhara, associate professor of psychiatry at AIIMS, says WHO’s move to call gaming disorder a mental health condition a …
Gaming: How much is too much?
The WHO's decision to list gaming disorder as a mental health condition has several gamers and experts debating on its acceptance and validity
Qualitywise, India is miles ahead
The Indian entries in a recent development video competition held by the British Council, far outpaced their competitors in production quality, …
Zooming in on three prize-winners
A look at this year's award-winning documentaries: an educational film on the Silent Valley, a campaign film on the Tehri dam project and a third …
Perpetrating cruelty for the human palate
Two video films portray the extremes to which humans go in dealing with other life forms to satisfy their needs.
