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The Caravan - A Journal of Politics and Culture - The Caravan - A Journal of Politics and Culture
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/story-feed" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"> <channel> <title>The Caravan - A Journal of Politics and Culture - The Caravan - A Journal of Politics and Culture</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/story-feed</link> <description></description> <language>en</language> <item> <title>Raj Rewal: Memory, Metaphor And Meaning In This Constructed Landscape (Architecture)</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/showcase/raj-rewal-memory-metaphor-and-meaning-constructed-landscape-architecture</link> <description><div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Showcase </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-location-showcase"> <div class="field-label">Location:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> delhi </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p>Over the last five decades, the prolific and internationally acclaimed architect Raj Rewal has strongly influenced contemporary architectural practice, research and thinking. This show, the first ever architectural exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Delhi, sheds light on the role of historical models in Rewal&rsquo;s work, and the manner in which he invokes them through design metaphors.</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="868" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/raj-rewal.jpg?1401878393" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="868" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/raj-rewal_0.jpg?1401878393" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/showcase/raj-rewal-memory-metaphor-and-meaning-constructed-landscape-architecture" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/showcase/raj-rewal-memory-metaphor-and-meaning-constructed-landscape-architecture#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/arts/showcase">Showcase</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/location/delhi">delhi</category> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:39:54 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4536 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Editor's Pick</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/editors-corner/editors-pick-15</link> <description><div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Editor&#039;s Corner </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p><strong>A WORKER CARRIES AWAY A SIGNBOARD</strong> while dismantling a media tent at the headquarters of the Indian National Congress in New Delhi on 16 May, after the results of the sixteenth Lok Sabha election were announced. The Bharatiya Janata Party, the incumbent Congress&rsquo;s main rival, won a resounding victory, securing 282 parliamentary seats on its own and a total of 336 seats for its coalition, the National Democratic Alliance. Narendra Modi, the leader of the BJP and the new prime minister, now heads India&rsquo;s first single-party majority government since 1984.</p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/ap987185303358.jpg?1401772259" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/ap987185303358_0.jpg?1401772259" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/editors-corner/editors-pick-15" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/editors-corner/editors-pick-15#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/opinions/editors-corner">Editor's Corner</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/2014-lok-sabha-elections">2014 Lok Sabha elections</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/congress">Congress</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/election-results">election results</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/indian-politics-0">Indian politics</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/united-progressive-alliance-upa">United Progressive Alliance (UPA)</category> <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 05:27:22 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4514 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Indonesia | Tin Men</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/letters/indonesia-tin-men</link> <description><div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-subheading"> <div class="field-label">Sub Heading:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Uncontrolled mining is devastating the environment on Bangka </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-story-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/matteo-fagotto">MATTEO FAGOTTO</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Letters From </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>IT WAS EIGHT O&rsquo;CLOCK</strong> on an October morning in Rebo, a fishing village on the eastern coast of the island of Bangka, which lies east of Sumatra. As on any other day, dozens of casually dressed young men gathered around the small harbour, equipped only with jerry cans of fuel and meagre lunches. They waited patiently for a small fishing boat that dropped them off at a series of wooden pontoons a few hundred metres out at sea.</p></div><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/009-bn5b7691_def_matilde-gattoni.jpg?1403612692" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/009-bn5b7691_def_matilde-gattoni_0.jpg?1403612692" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/letters/indonesia-tin-men" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/letters/indonesia-tin-men#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/letters">Letters From</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/apple-inc">Apple Inc.</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/electronics-market">electronics market</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/environment">environment</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/indonesia">Indonesia</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/mining">mining</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/technology">technology</category> <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 08:17:06 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4486 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Transforming our Cities Postcards of Change</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/transforming-our-cities-postcards-change</link> <description><div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Bookshelf </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p>Isher Judge Ahluwalia<br /> HarperCollins India<br /> <strong>280 pages, Rs 599 </strong></p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="261" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/transforming-our-cities_page_1.jpg?1401875473" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="261" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/transforming-our-cities_page_1_0.jpg?1401875473" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/transforming-our-cities-postcards-change" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/transforming-our-cities-postcards-change#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/books/bookshelf">Bookshelf</category> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 09:51:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4524 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Write-Side Up</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/write-side</link> <description><div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-subheading"> <div class="field-label">Sub Heading:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The indifferent marriage of digital media and culture journalism </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-story-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/nayantara-kilachand">NAYANTARA KILACHAND</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Perspectives </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>AT SOME POINT,</strong> anyone who runs a website must face the grim reality of their Google Analytics dashboard, which helps track user engagement online. Here, if you run a culture-focused publication, you&rsquo;ll discover that the 1,500-word story on that Kolkata indie band, which you thought everyone really ought to know about, got less than one thousand hits, while the 150-word post on Salman Khan&rsquo;s breakfast got about five times that number, in a quarter of the time.</p></div><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/listening-mic-for-caravan-photo-by-jai-pandya-rs-2000.jpg?1403091975" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/listening-mic-for-caravan-photo-by-jai-pandya-rs-2000_0.jpg?1403091975" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/write-side" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/write-side#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/opinions/perspectives">Perspectives</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/blogs">blogs</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/culture">culture</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/internet">Internet</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/journalism-0">journalism</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/media">media</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/only-much-louder-oml">Only Much Louder (OML)</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/social-media">social media</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/technology">technology</category> <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 07:05:47 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4494 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Arctic Summer </title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/arctic-summer</link> <description><div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Bookshelf </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p>Damon Galgut<br /> Aleph Book Company<br /> <strong>368 pages, Rs 595</strong></p><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="261" height="384" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/arctic-summer-front-cover.jpg?1401876162" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="261" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/arctic-summer-front-cover_0.jpg?1401876162" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/arctic-summer" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/bookshelf/arctic-summer#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/books/bookshelf">Bookshelf</category> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:02:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4529 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Fighting For Peace</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/fighting-peace</link> <description><div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-subheading"> <div class="field-label">Sub Heading:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The struggle to rehabilitate the Favelas of Rio De Janeiro </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-story-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/n%C3%BAria-l%C3%B3pez-torres">Núria López Torres</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Photo Essay </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>IN DECEMBER 2008</strong><strong>, </strong>Rio de Janeiro inaugurated a &ldquo;pacification&rdquo; initiative to purge its <em>favelas</em>, or shanty towns, of violence and narcotics. The city&rsquo;s roughly one thousand favelas are home to poor and working-class Brazilians, and have been run for decades by gangs that, in addition to selling drugs, often extort money from businesses and have power over almost every aspect of economic life.</p></div><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_1654.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="533" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_5634.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_7295.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_5449.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_0425.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_12000-como-objeto-inteligente-1.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_5511.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_5605.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_5493_0.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_0327.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_1758.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_7287.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="800" height="534" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_3225.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/_mg_1654_0.jpg?1402556662" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/fighting-peace" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/fighting-peace#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/photo-essay">Photo Essay</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/brazil">Brazil</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/fifa">FIFA</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/gang-violence">gang violence</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/olympics">Olympics</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/police-cruelty">police cruelty</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/slum">slum</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/world-cup">World Cup</category> <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2014 10:41:35 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4500 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Outside The Field Of View (Art)</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/showcase/outside-field-view-art</link> <description><div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Showcase </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-showcase-type-story"> <div class="field-label">Showcase type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> art </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-location-showcase"> <div class="field-label">Location:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> kolkata </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p>The artist Ayesha Sultana&rsquo;s first solo show, <em>Outside the Field of View</em>, investigates the act of aesthetic creation. It presents Sultana&rsquo;s ongoing experimentations with drawing, exploring gaps in visual memory, and closely studying things that are often overlooked even though they are in plain sight.</p> <p>Outside the Field of View, <em>until 26 June, Experimenter Gallery, 2/1, Hindustan Road, Kolkata.<br /> For more information, visit www.experimenter.in.</em></p> <fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="290" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/004_4.jpg?1401877910" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/007_1.jpg?1401877910" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="544" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/005_2.jpg?1401877910" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="290" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/004_5.jpg?1401877910" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> </description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/showcase/outside-field-view-art#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/arts/showcase">Showcase</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/showcase-type/art">art</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/location/kolkata">kolkata</category> <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2014 10:31:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4533 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>“How Can I Describe the Desolation?”</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/books/%E2%80%9Chow-can-i-describe-desolation%E2%80%9D</link> <description><div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-subheading"> <div class="field-label">Sub Heading:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> New literature on India’s cities is a variation on the old literature of lament </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-story-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/nakul-krishna">NAKUL KRISHNA</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Books </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>COUNT ON URDU</strong> to have a word for it: <em>shahr-i-ashob</em>, lament for a city. Here is Mirza Muhammad Rafi Sauda, a poet from the eighteenth century:</p></div><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="290" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/42-25913867.jpg?1403000498" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="357" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/indrajit-hazra_09-jg.jpg?1403000498" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="290" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/42-25913867_0.jpg?1403000498" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/books/%E2%80%9Chow-can-i-describe-desolation%E2%80%9D" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/books/%E2%80%9Chow-can-i-describe-desolation%E2%80%9D#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/books">Books</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/capitalism-0">capitalism</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/cities">cities</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/indian-writers">Indian writers</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/indrajit-hazra">Indrajit Hazra</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/suketu-mehta">Suketu Mehta</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/urban-stories">urban stories</category> <pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2014 05:19:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4509 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Shared Secrets</title> <link>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/lede/shared-secrets</link> <description><div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-subheading"> <div class="field-label">Sub Heading:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> A play brings the private world of hijras to the public stage </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-userreference field-field-story-author"> <div class="field-label">Author:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <a href="/users/suhit-kelkar">SUHIT KELKAR</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-date field-field-story-dop"> <div class="field-label">Date of publication:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <span class="date-display-single">June 1, 2014</span> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-content-taxonomy field-field-story-type"> <div class="field-label">Story Type:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> The Lede </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><div class="dropcap"> <p><strong>IN JULY LAST YEAR,</strong> twenty-three-year-old Kunal Punekar went shopping for saris, jewellery and cosmetics near his home in Kothrud, an upmarket suburb of Pune. Elsewhere in the city, six other young men did the same. Afterwards, the men, all of them Marathi theatre actors, gathered to discuss the experience at a practice studio. When we met two months ago, Punekar told me the other actors &ldquo;said they found it awkward to enter the stores.&rdquo; Punekar, though, had not felt out of place.</p></div><fieldset class="fieldgroup group-story-image"><legend>Story Images</legend><div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-include"> <div class="field-label">Include:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/dsc_0979_2.jpg?1402906256" /> </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-story-feature-image"> <div class="field-label">Feature Image:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_feature_image" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/dsc_0979_1.jpg?1402906256" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/lede/shared-secrets" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/lede/shared-secrets#comments</comments> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/lede">The Lede</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/gender">gender</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/indian-theatre">Indian Theatre</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/marathi">Marathi</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/pune">Pune</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/sex-worker">sex worker</category> <category domain="http://beta.caravanmagazine.in/category/tags/transgender">transgender</category> <pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 08:04:59 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>admin</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">4480 at http://beta.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>