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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?><rss version="2.0" xml:base="http://www.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://www.caravanmagazine.in/story-feed</link> <description></description> <language>en</language> <item> <title>South Africa | Words of the Prophet</title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/letters/south-africa-words-prophet</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"> One mosque鈥檚 radically different take on Islam </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/bhavya-dore">Bhavya Dore</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, 2015</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--><p class="rtejustify"><strong style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">ON AN APRIL EVENING, </strong><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;"> inside a small mosque in the Cape Town suburb of Wynberg, two men knelt towards Mecca to pray. The room&rsquo;s walls were a pale green, like the whole of the nondescript, single-storey building that accommodated it, nestled among workshops and homes on a back road near a railway line. There were no crescents, no minarets, only a painted sign on the front wall that said &ldquo;The Open Mosque,&rdquo; and &ldquo;All welcome.&rdquo;</span></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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/words-of-the-prophet_hi-res-ap591961332434.jpg?1434535641" /> </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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/words-of-the-prophet_hi-res-ap591961332434_0.jpg?1434535641" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/letters/south-africa-words-prophet" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/letters/south-africa-words-prophet#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/letters">Letters From</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 05:10:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5351 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Far Pavilions </title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/far-pavilions-Venice-Biennale-India</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"> Why India must participate in the Venice Biennale </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/anindita-ghose">Anindita Ghose</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, 2015</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--><p class="rtejustify"><strong>IN 2013,</strong> at the 55th edition of the Venice Biennale, the artist Dayanita Singh stood between the German and French national pavilions, flanked by the two countries&rsquo; culture ministers, with a sinking feeling. Regarding the sea of people before her as she received plaudits for her work, Singh noted that &ldquo;through the blur of hats and jackets, the few Indian faces I could see were friends I&rsquo;d invited myself&rdquo;&mdash;the artist Subodh Gupta, the writer Aveek Sen and the art historian Kajri Jain.</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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/far-pavilions_photos-by-mark-blower_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_04_0.jpg?1433411153" /> </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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/far-pavilions_photos-by-mark-blower_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_04.jpg?1433411153" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/far-pavilions-Venice-Biennale-India" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/far-pavilions-Venice-Biennale-India#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/opinions/perspectives">Perspectives</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 06:08:57 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5355 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Check Republic </title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/check-republic-madras</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 enduring appeal of Madras check fabric </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/michael-snyder">MICHAEL SNYDER</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, 2015</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"> Reportage </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p><strong style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">LIKE MANY AMERICAN KIDS,</strong><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;"> I read SE Hinton&rsquo;s angsty Bildungsroman </span><em style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">The Outsiders </em><span style="line-height: 20.3999996185303px;">in middle school. First published in 1967, the book features teenage characters with names like Ponyboy, Sodapop and Cherry, who drink and smoke and get into knife fights.</span></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="1024" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/check-republic_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01.jpg?1435392375" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="318" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/check-republic_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_02.jpg?1435392375" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="563" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/check-republic_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_03.jpg?1435392375" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="290" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/check-republic_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_04.jpg?1435392375" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="319" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/check-republic_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_05.jpg?1435392375" /> </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="1024" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/check-republic_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01_0.jpg?1435392375" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/check-republic-madras" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/check-republic-madras#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/reportage">Reportage</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 07:14:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5361 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Is fun fun?</title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/books/fun-fun-Aubrey-Menen</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 particular strangeness of Aubrey Menen </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, 2015</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> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-check"> <div class="field-label">Checkboxes:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> On the cover </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p class="rtejustify"><strong>THE NEWSPAPERS HAD OTHER THINGS</strong> on their minds the day Aubrey Menen died, in 1989. He was just about important enough for the<em> New York Times</em> to note that Menen, &ldquo;a novelist, critic and essayist, died of throat cancer on Feb. 13 in Trivandrum in Kerala, India. He was 76 years old.&rdquo; The <em>Times of India</em> noted, delicately, that he had been &ldquo;a bachellor [sic].&rdquo; But what did this matter? A hundred men had been injured in Srinagar that day in protests against Salman Rushdie&rsquo;s <em>The Satanic Verses</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="326" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/is-fun-fun-_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01.jpg?1435463405" /> </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="326" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/is-fun-fun-_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01_0.jpg?1435463405" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/books/fun-fun-Aubrey-Menen" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/books/fun-fun-Aubrey-Menen#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/books">Books</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 08:25:46 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5366 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Flood of Fire</title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/fiction/flood-fire-amitav-ghosh</link> <description><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/amitav-ghosh">AMITAV GHOSH</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, 2015</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"> Fiction </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-check"> <div class="field-label">Checkboxes:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> On the cover </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p class="rtejustify"><strong>ABOUT THE STORY</strong> One of the greatest achievements in the world of the Indian novel&mdash;one of startling mimetic depth and variety, as well as linguistic invention and narrative power&mdash;reaches its climax with the publication of <em>Flood of Fire</em>, the final book in Amitav Ghosh&rsquo;s Ibis trilogy.</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="671" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/fic_june_2015.jpg?1433169023" /> </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="671" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/fic_june_2015_0.jpg?1433169023" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/fiction/flood-fire-amitav-ghosh" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/fiction/flood-fire-amitav-ghosh#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/fiction-poetry/fiction">Fiction</category> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/content-type/needs-registration">Needs Registration</category> <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 12:04:23 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5345 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Misplaced Stress</title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/misplaced-stress-economic-commentators-wrong-farmer-suicides</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"> What economic commentators get wrong about farmer suicides </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/hartosh-singh-bal">HARTOSH SINGH BAL</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, 2015</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--><p><strong>ON 22 APRIL,</strong> while Delhi&rsquo;s chief minister, Arvind Kejriwal, was speaking at a rally at Jantar Mantar, in the heart of the capital, a man named Gajendra Singh, from the district of Dausa in Rajasthan, died at the venue. The death was immediately reported across the media as a farmer suicide, but, as more information emerged, it grew less clear whether Singh&rsquo;s death was a suicide or an accident, and whether farming was, in fact, his primary occupation.</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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/misplaced-stress_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01_1.jpg?1434943952" /> </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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/misplaced-stress_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01_2.jpg?1434943952" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/misplaced-stress-economic-commentators-wrong-farmer-suicides" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/misplaced-stress-economic-commentators-wrong-farmer-suicides#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/opinions/perspectives">Perspectives</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 05:58:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5352 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Holding the Line </title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/holding-line-hockey-sardara-singh</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"> Is Sardara Singh the last of India鈥檚 hockey greats? </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/sundeep-misra">Sundeep Misra</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, 2015</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"> Reportage </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-text field-field-story-check"> <div class="field-label">Checkboxes:&nbsp;</div> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> On the cover </div> </div> </div> <!--paging_filter--><p class="rtejustify"><strong>THE KYOCERA AT THE HAGUE</strong> in the Netherlands is not one of hockey&rsquo;s great venues. A few kilometres before you reach the stadium, it looms up ahead, looking like a warehouse that someone wrapped in tinfoil, with a deep gap cut in the middle. Late in the afternoon on the day of the final of the 2014 Men&rsquo;s Hockey World Cup, thousands of cars were lined up outside the stadium in neat rows, like colourful planters.</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="349" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="600" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_02.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="644" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_03.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="296" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_04.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="520" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_05.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="310" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_07.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_08.jpg?1434794946" /> </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="349" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/holding-the-line_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01_0.jpg?1434794946" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/holding-line-hockey-sardara-singh" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/holding-line-hockey-sardara-singh#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/reportage">Reportage</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 06:26:28 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5357 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Early Start </title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/early-start-child-jockeys</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 child jockeys of Sumbawa </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/romi-perbawa">ROMI PERBAWA</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, 2015</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--><p><strong>ROMI PERBAWA</strong> first attended a horse race in Sumbawa in mid 2010, on an invitation from a friend. At various times in its history, this large Indonesian island, rich in natural resources, was coveted and conquered by an array of the powers that left their marks on South East Asia, from the Javanese to the Japanese. Among its historical exports, it counted sandalwood, honey, sappanwood and horses. Today, the island is poor, and the country&rsquo;s leaders in Jakarta, some 1,500 kilometres due west, pay it little mind.</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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_02.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_03.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_04.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_06.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_05.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_07.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_08.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_09.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_10.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_12.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="655" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_11.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="654" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_13.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img class="imagefield imagefield-field_story_include" width="653" height="435" alt="" src="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/s.jpg?1433753322" /> </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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/early-start_photo-essay-by-romi-perbawa_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_01_0.jpg?1433753322" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/early-start-child-jockeys" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/photo-essay/early-start-child-jockeys#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/photo-essay">Photo Essay</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 07:54:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5362 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Block by Block</title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/lede/india-rubiks-cubers-competition</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"> India鈥檚 competitive cubers </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/sneha-pillai">SNEHA PILLAI</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, 2015</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--><p><strong>&quot;IT&rsquo;S VERY BASIC,&rdquo;</strong> Akash Rupela said, fiddling with a scrambled Rubik&rsquo;s Cube. &ldquo;There are millions of algorithms to solve a cube. You have to choose the one which suits you best.&rdquo; Less than 15 seconds and a series of colourful blurs later, he set the cube on the table between us, each face a uniform colour.</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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/block-by-block_photo-by-ujwal-garg_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_03.jpg?1435559082" /> </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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/block-by-block_photo-by-ujwal-garg_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_03_0.jpg?1435559082" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/lede/india-rubiks-cubers-competition" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/lede/india-rubiks-cubers-competition#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/reporting-and-essays/lede">The Lede</category> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/slug/rules-game">RULES OF THE GAME</category> <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2015 12:07:14 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5348 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> <item> <title>Wire Trap</title> <link>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/wire-trap</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"> Net neutrality and India鈥檚 long history of controlling technology </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/arun-mohan-sukumar">Arun Mohan Sukumar</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, 2015</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--><p class="rtejustify"><strong>IN 1989,</strong> the International Science Policy Foundation hosted a three-day symposium on &ldquo;Scientific Temper and National Development&rdquo; in Delhi. Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi&mdash;whose hand-picked team of technocrats were promising messianic solutions to India&rsquo;s fledgling IT sector&mdash;delivered the opening remarks. All technology, Gandhi declared, was &ldquo;value neutral.&rdquo; Those who opposed technology transfer from the West simply did not understand that it could be &ldquo;injected with proper values&rdquo; at home.</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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/wire-trap_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_02.jpg?1435267951" /> </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://www.caravanmagazine.in/sites/default/files/wire-trap_the-caravan-magazine_june-2015_02_0.jpg?1435267951" /> </div> </div> </div> </fieldset> <p><a href="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/wire-trap" target="_blank">read more</a></p></description> <comments>http://www.caravanmagazine.in/perspectives/wire-trap#comments</comments> <category domain="http://www.caravanmagazine.in/category/story-type/opinions/perspectives">Perspectives</category> <pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2015 06:04:13 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>webmaster</dc:creator> <guid isPermaLink="false">5353 at http://www.caravanmagazine.in</guid> </item> </channel> </rss>