symposium participants

• The Problem
  A short statement of the issues involved

• CONSTRUCTING BRAND INDIA
  Santosh Desai, social commentator and CEO, Future Brands, Delhi

• THE LANGUAGE OF CONSUMPTION
  Rama Bijapurkar, independent market strategy consultant, Mumbai

• PERCHANCE TO FIND MY TONGUE
  Mrinal Pande, writer and journalist; Chairperson, Prasar Bharati and former Editor, 'Hindustan', Delhi

• BALIKA IN WONDERLAND: THE NEW SOAPS IN TOWN
  Shoma Munshi, Professor of Anthropology, American University of Kuwait

• HALF A CHANGE, AT A STEEP PRICE
  Jaideep Sahni, screenwriter and lyricist, Mumbai

• WHITHER SOCIAL MEDIA?
  Sagarika Ghose, author and journalist; Deputy Editor and anchor on the news network CNN-IBN, Delhi

• PIXELLATED TIME
  Sevanti Ninan, author and columnist, 'The Hindu', Delhi; Founder-Editor, The Hoot.org

• JEANS KA PANT
  Mozez Singh, writer, producer, director, designer and blogger, Mumbai

• TRAVELLERS ON THE RAMPAGE
  Kishore Singh, has been a travel writer, newspaper editor and author; currently researching and documenting modern Indian art, Delhi 

• THE NEW MIDDLE CLASS
  Aakar Patel, Director, Hill Road Media Services; former Editor-in-Chief, 'Divya Bhaskar' and Mid Day Multimedia, Mumbai

• THE CARNIVAL OF THE REPUBLIC
  Shiv Visvanathan, social science nomad, Ahmedabad

• BOOKS
  Reviewed by Kumkum Roy, Swati Shresth, Ashutosh Kumar, Sukti Dasgupta and Jeemol Unni

• IN MEMORIAM
  K.G. Kannabiran 1929-2010 and P. Lal 1929-2010

• BACKPAGE