Saturday 30 January 2016

Smart Phone Cartoons

Art has long been a way of documenting the present and commenting on social issues, something that todays artists continue to do through their thought provoking illustrations. The question that bother people of our generation is: has technology, especially the communication devices gone too far? Are the smart phones, social media, high speed Internet really helping us to communicate? If yes, with whom? 
Here are some some cartoons to ponder over these questions.





Thursday 28 January 2016

National short film festival in Pune University, 18-20 Feb 2016

National short film festival in Pune University

Savitribai Phule Pune University’s DMCS (Department of Media and Communication Studies) is organizing a national level short film festival in February 2016. Entries from across India are invited. The film festival will be held on 18th.19th and 20th February 2016. The categories are fiction, nonfiction and animation. The last date for submitting your short film is 8th February.
With the Indian film scene constantly reinventing itself, young filmmakers are exhibiting their skills and ideas like never before. In its 25th year, the Dept. of Communication Studies, aims to showcase the creativity of student filmmakers, DMCS has been conducting this film festival for the past 5 years. As this is the milestone 5TH edition, we have included additional categories and made it a 3 day festival.
DMCS NSFF will provide young filmmakers an arena to present their short films to be judged by eminent TV and film personalities as well as prominent DMCS alumni. In the previous editions of this film festival has witnessed the likes of Shyam Benegal, Gulzar, Vijay Tendulkar, Nagesh Kukunoor and Anupam Kher.
Dr. Madhavi Reddy (department head) expresses her enthusiasm saying “students should make the most of this opportunity”
For further information, follow this link:-
CONTACT:-
Tejas: 09049349155

Randhir: 09850059631

Monday 25 January 2016

History of Journalism in Odisha | Column

Dhwani Pratidhwani, 20 Dec. 2015



Column | Bindu Bisarga

ବିନ୍ଦୁ ବିସର୍ଗ/ମୃଣାଳ
ଗ୍ରାମାଂଚଳର ବିକାଶ

ଗ୍ରାମାଂଚଳର କିପରି ବିକାଶ ହୋଇପାରିବ, ଗାଁରେ ଲୋକମାନେ କିପରି ରୋଜଗାରର ସାଧନ ଜୁଟେଇପାରିବେ ଏନେଇ ବହୁ ଚିନ୍ତା, ଭାବନା ଓ କାର୍ଯ୍ୟ ସ୍ବାଧୀନତା ପର ଦଶନ୍ଧିଗୁଡ଼ିକରେ କରାଯାଇଛି | ପଳ ଯେ ହୋଇନି ତାହା ନୁହେଁ | କିନ୍ତୁ ଏବେ ବି ସହର ଆଉ ଗାଁ ଭିତରେ ବଡ଼ ଫରକ ରହିଯାଇଛି | ରୋଜଗାରର ସୁଯୋଗ, ଜୀବନ ଧାରଣ ପାଇଁ ଭିତ୍ତିଭୂମି ଜନିତ ସୁଯୋଗ ସୁବିଧା ବା ଇନଫ୍ରାଷ୍ଟକ୍ଚରର ବେଶି ସୁବିଧା ସହରରେ ରହିଛି | ଫଳରେ ଗାଁ ଲୋକେ କ୍ରମଶଃ ସହରାଭିମୁଖୀ ହେଉଛନ୍ତି | ଫଳ: ସହରର ଇନଫ୍ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରକ୍ଚର ଉପରେ ଚାପ ବଢ଼ୁଛି; ଆଉ ଗ୍ରାମ ରକ୍ତାଳ୍ପତାରେ ଭୋଗୁଛି |
ଏ ଅବସ୍ଥାରେ ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ ଦରକାର | ଗାନ୍ଧିଜୀଙ୍କ କଳ୍ପିତ ଗ୍ରାମ ସ୍ବରାଜର ଭିତ୍ତିଟି ହେଲା: ଆର୍ଥନୀତିକ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରୁ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ ଗ୍ରାମ | ଗ୍ରାମୀଣ ଅର୍ଥନୀତିକୁ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ କରିବା ପାଇଁ ଗ୍ରାମାଂଚଳରେ ଉତ୍ପାଦିତ ଦ୍ରବ୍ୟର ଉପଯୁକ୍ତ ବିପଣନ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ | ଉପଯୁକ୍ତ ବିପଣନ ଅଭାବରେ ଗାଁରେ ଉତ୍ପାଦିତ ସାମଗ୍ରୀର ସଠିକ ମୂଲ୍ୟ ମିଳୁ ନାହିଁ ଏବଂ ଲୋକେ ଆର୍ଥିକ ଦୃଷ୍ଟିରୁ ଅଗ୍ରସର ହୋପରୁ ନାହାନ୍ତି |
କେଇ ବର୍ଷ ତଳେ କେନ୍ଦ୍ର ଯୋଜନା କମିଶନର ଜଣେ ବରିଷ୍ଠ ପରାମର୍ଶଦାତା ଥିବା କମଲ ଟାଓରି ଗତ ବର୍ଷ ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳସ୍ଥିତ ଭାରତୀୟ ଜନସଂଚାର ସଂସ୍ଥାନକୁ ଆସିଥିଲେ | କଥା ପ୍ରସଙ୍ଗରେ ସେ କହିଲେ, କ୍ଲଷ୍ଟର ଆପ୍ରୋଚ ଗ୍ରାମାଂଚଳ ଅର୍ଥନୀତିକୁ ସମୃଦ୍ଧ କରିବାର ଏକ ଉପଯୁକ୍ତ ସାଧନ ହୋଇପାରେ |
କ୍ଲଷ୍ଟର ଆପ୍ରୋଚ କ’ଣ? ଏହାର ଭିତ୍ତିଟି ହେଲା ସରଳ: ଗୋଟେ ଜାଗାରେ ଯଦି ବିକ୍ରି କଲାଭଳି ଯଥେଷ୍ଟ ଜିନିଷ ତିଆରି ହେବ- ତେବେ ତାହାକୁ ସହଜରେ ବିକ୍ରି କରିହେବ | ଉଦାହରଣ ସ୍ବରୂପ ଧରନ୍ତୁ ଗୋଟେ ଜାଗାରେ ବହୁତ ଲେମ୍ବୁ ଚାଷ ହେଉଛି, ପ୍ରଚୁର ଲେମ୍ବୁ ଉତ୍ପାଦିତ ହେଉଛି, ତା’ହେଲେ ଦୂରଦୂରାନ୍ତରୁ ଲେମ୍ବୁ ବ୍ୟବସାୟୀମାନେ ସେଠିକୁ ଲେମ୍ବୁ କିଣିବାକୁ ଯିବେ | ସେଠି ଯଦି ଜଣେ ଲୋ ଅଳ୍ପ କିଛି ଲେମ୍ବୁ ଉତ୍ପାଦନ କରୁଥିବ ତେବେ ବେପାରୀମାନେ ସେଠିକୁ ଯିବେନି| ଏକ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ଗୋଟିକିଆ ଭାବେ ଚାଷ କରୁଥିବା ଲୋକଟିର ବାରଗେନ ପାବାର ବା ଦରଦସ୍ତୁର କ୍ଷମତା କମ ହେବ | ପୁଣି ଲେମ୍ବୁ ଯଦି ଅଧିକ ଉତ୍ପାଦିତ ହେଲା, ତା’ହେଲେ ସେଠି ଗୋଟେ ଫୁଡ଼ ପ୍ରସେସିଯ ଇଣ୍ଡଷ୍ଟ୍ରୀ ବା ଖାଦ୍ୟ ପ୍ରକ୍ରିୟାକରଣ ଶିଳ୍ପ କରିବାକୁ ମଧ୍ୟ ଜଣେ ଆଗ୍ରହୀ ହେବେ | କହିବା କଥା ହେଲା: ଗୋଟିଏ ଜାଗାରେ ଗୋଟିଏ ନିର୍ଦ୍ଦିଷ୍ଟ ପ୍ରକାର ଉତ୍ପାଦନ ବା ସେବାର ଗୋଟେ ହବ୍ ତିଆରି ହେଲ ସଂପୃକ୍ତ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କର ଲାଭ ହୋଇଥାଏ |
ପାହାଳର ରସଗୋଲା ଏକ୍ଷେତ୍ରରେ ଗୋଟେ ମଡେଲ ହୋଇପାରେ | କଟକ ଓ ଭୁବନେଶ୍ବର ମଝାମଝିରେ, ଜାତୀୟ ରାଜପଥ କଡ଼ରେ ଅବସ୍ଥିତ ପାହାଳରେ ଦଶ ବର୍ଷ ତଳେ ବି ଅଳ୍ପ କିଛି ରସଗୋଲା ଦୋକାନ ଥିଲା | ଏବେ ଦୁଇ ଶହରୁ ଅଧିକ ରସଗୋଲା ଦୋକାନା ରହିଛି | ଏସବୁ ହୋଇଛି ପ୍ରାୟ ବିନା ସରକାରୀ ସାହାଯ୍ୟ ବା ପ୍ରୋତ୍ସାହନରେ | ଏଠୁ ରସଗୋଲା ରାଜ୍ୟର ବିଭିନ୍ନ ସ୍ତାନକୁ ବସ୍ ଯୋଗେ ଯାଉଛି | ଏବେ ଏଠି ଯଦି ପ୍ୟାକିଂର ୟୁନିଟଟିଏ ରହନ୍ତା, ପାହାଳ ରସଗୋଲାକୁ ଗୋଟେ ବ୍ରାଣ୍ଡ ଭାବରେ ପ୍ରମୋଟ୍ କରି ହୁଅନ୍ତା | ତେବେ ସାମଗ୍ରିକ ଭାବେ ଏହାର କାଟତି ଆହୁରି ବଢ଼ନ୍ତା | ପରୋକ୍ଷ ଭାବେ ଏହା ଏ ଅଂଚଳର ଅର୍ଥନୀତିକୁ ଆହୁରି ସମୃଦ୍ଧ କରନ୍ତା |
ଏ ପ୍ରକାର ଉନ୍ନୟନ ଧାରାରେ ସ୍ଥାନୀୟ ଲୋକମାନଙ୍କ ସଂପୃକ୍ତି ଅଧିକ ଆବଶ୍ୟକ | ସରକାର ଏଥିରେ କେବଳ ଫାସିଲିଟେଟରର ଭୂମିକା ଗ୍ରହଣ କରନ୍ତେ | ଆନୁସଙ୍ଗିକ ସୁଯୋଗ ସୁବିଧା ବା ଇନଫ୍ରାଷ୍ଟ୍ରକ୍ଚର ସୃଷ୍ଟିରେ ସହଯୋଗ କରନ୍ତ | ପ୍ରକୃତ ଉତ୍ପାଦନରେ ବିଶେଷ ମୁଣ୍ଡ ଖେଳାନ୍ତେ ନାହିଁ | ଲୋକମାନେ ନିଜ ଇଚ୍ଛାରେ ଏବଂ ନିଜ ସ୍ବାର୍ଥରେ ସେଇ ଜିନିଷ ଉତ୍ପାଦନ କରନ୍ତେ ବା ସେବା ଦିଅନ୍ତେ ତାହାର ଚାହିଦା ସୃଷ୍ଟି କରାଯାଇ ପାରିଛି | ତା’ହେଲେ ସେ ଅଂଚଳର ସର୍ବାଙ୍ଗୀନ ଉନ୍ନତି ହୁଅନ୍ତା |
ଏଥିପାଇଁ ପ୍ରଥମେ ଦରକାର ରିସୋର୍ସ ମ୍ୟାପିଂର | କେଉଁ ଅଂଚଳରେ କେଉଁ ଜିନିଷ ହେଉଛି/ହୋଇପାରନ୍ତା | ଗୋଟେ ଗୋଟେ ଅଂଚଳରର ଲୋକେ ଗୋଟେ ପ୍ରକାର ବୃତ୍ତିରେ ପାରଦର୍ଶୀତା ହାସଲ କରିଥାଇ ପାରନ୍ତି | ତାଙ୍କର ପାରଦର୍ଶୀତାକୁ ବିପଣନ କରି ସେ ଅଂଚଳର ଉନ୍ନୟନ କରାଯାଇ ପାରନ୍ତା |
(ଲେଖକ ୧୫ ବର୍ଷ କାଳ ସକ୍ରିୟ ସାମ୍ବାଦିକତା କରିବା ପରେ ବିଗତ ୧୫ ବର୍ଷ ଧରି ଗଣମାଧ୍ୟମ ଅଧ୍ୟାପନାରେ ଅଛନ୍ତି |)
ସଂଚାର ମାର୍ଗ, ଢେଙ୍କାନାଳ-୭୫୯୦୦୧
Posted at http://www.samanyakathan.com/readmore.php?sid=136
25.1.2016

Saturday 23 January 2016

Column | Window Seat

Radio Fair in Bhubaneswar

 Radio is making a comeback in India, and how! The listener base is growing, thanks mainly to the entertainment driven private FM channels. So is the advertisement revenue. Several Community Radio Stations(CSR) are being set up by NGOs and Educational Institutions, thanks to Government encouragement and public demand. Odisha, incidentally has the highest number of CSRs among the Eastern Indian states. It has 13 AIR stations and 6 private radio stations. Encouraged by the growing number of radio listeners and new found love for radio, a Radio Fair was  organised  last year. It was a success. Hence, the second Outreach International Radio Fair (OIRF) being organised on 13th and 14th February 2016 in Bhubaneswar. 
 All India Radio, Private FM and Community radio stations and Internet based radio stations will participate in the event. The objective of the event is to sensitize radio station owners, executives, broadcasters to gender related policies and strategies for Radio. The fair also attempts to build skills for young producers and encourage broadcasters to prepare programs for promotion of culture and eradication of social evils. Most important is to make public understand the importance of Radio, by entertaining and educating them.  The fair will also emphasis on ‘Role of Radio in Disaster’ as it is the theme of World radio day 2016. 
Many Radio stations from across the country and some from abroad will join the fair. There will be an exhibition of all Radio stations. Separate stalls for old radio sets, radio equipments exhibition, latest innovations and SW listening will also be there. There will be a sand sculpture of Radio and may other creative events rovolved round the theme of radio.  There will be cultural programs containing visual version of popular Radio contents. Audience can see the visual version of popular radio contents of All India Radio and other channels. Popular radio artists and celebrities will perform on stage. Artists from many other states and countries will make the evening colorful. Selected radio star presenters from different radio channels of India will host both the evenings. 
For details log on to www.radiofairindia.com 

Cat Power

 If you enjoy browsing the Internet a lot then you're probably already familiar with the fact that there are literally millions of cat photos on it, to the point that the cat has to be the Internet's unofficial mascot and most beloved animal. That is interesting because cat is an interesting and utterly ungrateful animal. Human beings have been unsuccessfully trying for the last 10,000 years to domesticate it. I have a special fascination for this animal. So much so that I have written a novel (Kandhei) with a cat as the protagonist. One of my story collection is also named after a cat (Bidhumukhi).
I am glad to know that there is one lady photographer Felicity Berkleef , who has taken hundreds of photographs of cats. Here is one of her photographs and two of my books with cats on cover. 
See the cat-power.


 Tailpiece: Who is poor? 

A wealthy woman goes to a saree store and tells the boy at the counter "Bhaiya show some cheap sarees. It is my son's marriage and I have to give to my maid." 
After sometime, the maid comes to the saree shop and tells the boy at the counter "Bhaiya show some expensive sarees. I want to gift my Mistress on her son's marriage"
(Courtesy: An anonymous Email forward)

Posted on 24 Jan 2016 on 
http://orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaColumn.asp?id=64401#sthash.dEWykE7u.dpuf

Theater Festival by Natya Chetna | Schedule


Information | Paranjoy Guha Thakurta appointed Editor of EPW

Paranjoy Guha Thakurta has been appointed as the Editor of Economic and Political Weekly(EPW), the most respected social sciences journal. Mr. Thakurta, a journalist, political commentator and documentary film maker has written several books including one on Media Ethics.
The 1955-born Thakurta will succeed C. Rammanohar Reddy, who ran the prestigious journal for eleven years, taking it to new heights following the death of the legendary editor Krishna Raj.
I know Mr. Guha Thakurta for quite some years now. I have shared dais with him in some seminars and selection committee panels. He is a gentleman with wide range of interests. I am sure under him EPW will scale greater heights. He will carry forward the legacy of C. Rammanohar Reddy and Krishna Raj.
Read more here:
http://thewire.in/2016/01/23/paranjoy-guha-thakurta-is-new-editor-of-epw-19981/

Friday 22 January 2016

Radio Fair in Bhubaneswar



Outreach International Radio Fair (OIRF) being organised on 13th and 14th February 2016 in Bhubaneswar is a fair of radio programmes, stars and radio lovers. 

All India Radio, Private FM and Community radio stations and Internet based radio stations will participate in the event. The objective of the event is to sensitize radio station owners, executives, broadcasters to gender related policies and strategies for Radio. The fair also attempts to build skills for young producers and encourage broadcasters to prepare programs for promotion of culture and eradication of social evils. Most important is to make public understand the importance of Radio, by entertaining and educating them. 
The fair will also emphasis on ‘Role of Radio in Disaster’ as it is the theme of World radio day 2016. Many Radio stations from across the country and some from abroad will join the fair. There will be an exhibition of all Radio stations. Separate stalls for old radio sets, radio equipments exhibition, latest innovations and SW listening will also be there. There will be a sand sculpture of Radio and may other creative events rovolved round the theme of radio. 

There will be cultural programs containing visual version of popular Radio contents. Audience can see the visual version of popular radio contents of All India Radio and other channels. Popular radio artists and celebrities will perform on stage. Artists from many other states and countries will make the evening colorful. Selected radio star presenters from different radio channels of India will host both the evenings.

Thursday 14 January 2016

Information | Journal


The IIS University Journal of Arts (JOA) invites Papers presenting original research in the field of Arts (including English Literature and Language, French, German, Hindi, Jewellery Designing, Journalism and Mass Communication, Performing Arts, Textile Technology and Visual Arts). Papers are subsequently peer-reviewed, in consultation with our Editorial Committee. Scholars interested in getting their work published in JOA are urged to carefully read the detailed guidelines before submission. 

Submission Guidelines

Manuscripts are invited in the following categories: Research Article, Comment/Research Note, Review Article and Book Review.
The manuscript should be typewritten (Times New Roman-12 font size), double-spaced, with one inch margin on all sides. A clear and specific title should be given to the manuscript. The pages should be numbered serially throughout the paper. Illustrations and other materials reproduced from other publications must be properly credited. 

Categories of Manuscripts

  • Research Article (not exceeding 6000 words) - should include in-depth analysis and recent findings. It should contain the following sections (a) Abstract (around 100 words), (b) Key words (not more than 5, listed alphabetically), (c) Acknowledgement (if any). Where possible, the research article may follow the given structure: Introduction, Material and Methods, Result and Discussion.
  • Comment/Research Note (not exceeding 2000 words) - should contain important new findings that are novel and of fairly broad interest. It should include a brief abstract. The body of the text will not have any title, like abstract, material and methods, results, and discussion except the acknowledgements and references.
  • Review Article (not exceeding 8000 words) – is expected to survey and discuss current developments in a field. It should be well focused and organized, and avoid a general ‘textbook’ style.
  • Book Review (not exceeding 2000 words) – should contain a scholarly review of any recent publication in the relevant discipline.

Works Cited
In MLA style, in-text citations are placed within sentences and paragraphs so that it is clear what information is being quoted or paraphrased and whose information is being cited.
List of Works Cited
Works cited in the text of a Research Paper must appear in a List of Works Cited. This list provides the information necessary to identify and verify each source.
  • Order: Entries should be arranged in alphabetical order by authors' last names. Sources without authors are arranged alphabetically by title within the same list.
  • Authors: Write out the last name and initials for all authors of a particular work. Use the word “and” instead of an ampersand (&) when listing multiple authors of a single work. e.g. Smith, J. D., and Jones, M.
  • Titles: Capitalize the first letter of each important word of the title or subtitle, and any proper names that are part of the title.
  • Pagination: Use the abbreviation p. or pp. to designate page numbers of articles from periodicals that do not use volume numbers, especially newspapers. These abbreviations are also used to designate pages in encyclopedia articles and chapters from edited books.
  • Indentation*: The first line of the entry is flush with the left margin, and all subsequent lines are indented (5 to 7 spaces) to form a "hanging indent".
  • Underlining vs. Italics*: Use italics instead of underlining for titles of books and journals.
Books
Harbord, Janet. The Evolution of Film : Rethinking Film Studies. Cambridge : Polity, 2007. Print.
Edited Book
Gilber, Sandra M., and Susan Gubar, eds. The Female Imagination and the Modernist Aesthetic. New York : Gordon, 1986. Print.
Journal Article
Piper, Andrew. “Rethinking the Print Object : Goethe and the Book of Everything.” PMLA 121.1 (2006) : 124-38. Print.
Journal Article, accessed online
Ouellette, Marc. “Theories, Memories, Bodies, and Artists.” Editorial. Reconstruction 7.4 (2007) : n. pag. Web. 5 June 2008.  
Introduction, Preface, Foreword or Afterward
Borges, Jorge Luis. Foreword. Selected Poems, 1923-1967. By Borges. Ed. Norman Thomas Di Giovanni. New York : Delta-Dell, 1973. xv-xvi.
Essays or Chapters in edited Books / Anthologies
Brado, Susan. “The Moral Content of Nabokov’s Lolita.” Aesthetic Subjects. Ed. Pamela R. Matthews and David McWhirter. Minneapolis : U of Minnesota P, 2003, 125-52. Print.
Translation
Beowulf. Trans. E. Talbot Donaldson. Ed. Nicholas Howe. New York : Norton, 2001. Print.
Tables and Figures / Illustrations
A table is usually labelled Table, given an arabic numeral, and titled. Type both label and title flush left on separate lines above the table, and capitalize them as titles (do not use all capital letters). Give the source of the table and any notes immediately below the table in a caption. Any other type of illustrative visual material – e.g. a photograph, map, line drawing, graph, or chart – should be labelled Figure (usually abbreviated Fig.), assigned an arabic numeral, and given a caption.
Photographs/figures should be in JPEG/TIFF format with high resolution and graphs should be on a separate excel sheet.

Submission of Article
A soft copy of the manuscript, along with a cover letter and copyright form, should be sent to The Editor, The IIS University Journal of Arts at joa@iisuniv.ac.in

Or, a hard copy can be sent to the address below:

The Editor,
The IIS University Journal of Arts
Gurukul Marg, SFS, Mansarovar, Jaipur – 302020
Rajasthan (India)
The journal is multidisciplinary; therefore research and review papers of general significance that are written clearly and are well organized will be given preference. Manuscripts that do not adhere to the prescribed format will be rejected.
A covering letter must accompany the submission and should include the name, preferred academic or professional affiliation, address, fax and telephone numbers, and email address of the corresponding author and co author(s)
After a manuscript has been accepted, PDF proofs will be made available to the authors in due course. It is the author’s responsibility to ensure that there are no errors in the proof.

Authors are required to submit a copyright form, duly filled in, along with the manuscript.

Column | Jagate Thiba Jetedina


Samaja Saptahika 16-22 Jan. 2016