Nirali Magazine » Print » The Daily Delicious for July 15, 2008

The Daily Delicious for July 15, 2008

Two Sides to the Story. Aren’t Christianity and Islam just sequels to Judaism? Western Magazines Find a Receptive Audience in India. Midnight’s Children wins Best of the Booker.

By Nirali Magazine, July 14, 2008, Daily

[1] “Aren’t Christianity and Islam just sequels to Judaism?”
Preview a clip from [2] Hari Kondabolu’s set for the Comedy Central series “Live at Gotham.” Each week, a new host introduces six up-and-coming comics for an hour of original comedy from NYC. Over the past year, Kondabolu has been studying human rights in [3] London. —Pavani
(tags: [4] comedy [5] television [6] stand-up [7] comedy_central [8] hari_kondabolu)

[9] “Two Sides to the Story”
For the halfway mark in his 52 weeks photo project, Aussie-born [10] mulletgod, who spent six years of his childhood in Sri Lanka, captures a self-portrait. —Pavani
(tags: [11] australia(n) [12] sri_lanka(n) [13] photography [14] soccer [15] football [16] cricket [17] beer [18] tea)

[19] “Western Magazines Find a Receptive Audience in India”
Indian Vogue, Rolling Stone, OK!, Maxim, Golf Digest, People and other mags hit stands this year in India. [20] More to [21] follow. Most “are not really Western at all” but almost entirely created and produced in India. Over half of Indian mag sales are made by young boys standing in traffic “holding up the latest copy of a glossy, and yelling ‘Vogue, madam? Indian Vogue! Golf Digest?’ into the windows of stopped cars.”
(tags: [22] media [23] magazines [24] india(n) [25] publishing [26] children)

[27] Midnight’s Children wins Best of the Booker
The prize, in celebration of the Booker’s 40th anniversary, was shortlisted by a panel of judges and then went to an public poll with over 7800 votes. Rushdie sons [28] Zafar & Milan with the youngest stealing the show. [29] MC also won the 25th anniversary prize - the Booker of Bookers. —Pavani
(tags: [30] literature [31] booker [32] awards [33] salman_rushdie [34] midnight’s_children)

Article printed from Nirali Magazine: http://niralimagazine.com

URL to article: http://niralimagazine.com/2008/07/links-for-2008-07-15/

URLs in this post:
[1] “Aren’t Christianity and Islam just sequels to Judaism?”: http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=168236&title=hari-ko
ndabolu-sequels
[2] Hari Kondabolu: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2003802720_comic24.html
[3] London: http://harithecomic.blogspot.com/2008/06/yep-thats-me.html
[4] comedy: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/comedy
[5] television: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/television
[6] stand-up: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/stand-up
[7] comedy_central: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/comedy_central
[8] hari_kondabolu: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/hari_kondabolu
[9] “Two Sides to the Story”: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mulletgod/2603120769/
[10] mulletgod: http://www.mulletgod.org/
[11] australia(n): http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/australia(n)
[12] sri_lanka(n): http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/sri_lanka(n)
[13] photography: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/photography
[14] soccer: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/soccer
[15] football: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/football
[16] cricket: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/cricket
[17] beer: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/beer
[18] tea: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/tea
[19] “Western Magazines Find a Receptive Audience in India”: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/14/business/media/14mag.html?pagewanted=1&_r=
2&ref=media&adxnnlx=1216047684-oXgyz2iW/9J1/OelVwFRDQ
[20] More: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/07/condenast.pressandpublishing?gusrc=r
ss&feed=media
[21] follow: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/09/21/business/AS-FIN-COM-India-Fortune-Maga
zine.php
[22] media: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/media
[23] magazines: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/magazines
[24] india(n): http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/india(n)
[25] publishing: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/publishing
[26] children: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/children
[27] Midnight’s Children wins Best of the Booker: http://www.themanbookerprize.com/news/stories/1099
[28] Zafar & Milan: http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080711/jsp/frontpage/story_9535122.jsp
[29] MC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%27s_Children
[30] literature: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/literature
[31] booker: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/booker
[32] awards: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/awards
[33] salman_rushdie: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/salman_rushdie
[34] midnight’s_children: http://del.icio.us/niralimagazine/midnight's_children

Click here to print.