Selected Articles
 
General Interest Themes
 
Lost in the immigration debate (India Se)
Fair game (India Se)
Indian discontent (Khabar, Atlanta)
Indian discontent in Malaysia (Asian Sentinel)
It's oh so quiet, I must be in Singapore (The Weekend Today)
The XYZ of gender testing (Today)
Islamic feminism as many faces (Today)
Such a long journey (Today)
An Ode to the Indian Diaspora (Little India)
Web diaries a force for freedom (The Brunei Times)
Why do Migratory 'birds' Roost Elsewhere? (Today)
YouTube, We Watch (Today)
We are not just passing through (Today)
But what do they preach? (Outlook)
Portrait of a young jihadist (Today)
Forty-one birthdays with 'Lady of Everywhere' (Today)
Isn't happiness a bit overrated? (Today)
The Myth of A New Delhi (Today)
The Sound of Music (Windows & Aisles)
The Tonal Odyssey of a Maestro (Jamini)
The Musical Odyssey of a Maestro (Windows & Aisles)
Ustaad Zakir Hussain Unplugged in Singapore (Malaysiakini)
AMU at the Crossraods (Chowk)
From Lanterns to Light (Outlook)
Indians Roar in the Lion City (Little India)
How Bollywood got its act--if not its acting--together (The South China Morning Post)
With Freedom Comes Responsibility (The Bangkok Post)
For the Love of God? (The Muslim Reader, Vol. 23, No.3)
Blogging in Asia: Ain't Safe No More (Aljazeerah)
Islamic World's Road to Perdition (The Bangkok Post)
Who is Afraid of Al Qaeda? (Chowk.com)
The War of Patents: The Asian challenge (DSJ)
Being Imrana (Chowk.com)
Celebrating Literature at the 'Fragrant Harbour' (Crimson Feet)
Don't Bomb Them, Reform Them (PDF) (Tehelka)
Inside China Today: Q&A with Dr. Robert Oxnam (ICTC Review/Chowk.com)
Who is Afraid of Al-Qaeda? (Mainstream Magazine)
The Political Economy of Droughts (The Pioneer/Chowk.com)
Bombing off Globalization (Outlookindia.com)

To Kill the Mockingbird (Chowk.com)

Apocalypse Now: Urdu Education in India (Mainstream Magazine)

To Taj – In Dutch Company (Chowk.com)

Green Turbans, Saffron Heads (Milli Gazette)

Fake Encounters (The Pioneer/Chowk.com)

The Ghost of Urdu (Chowk.com)

The Phantom of the Opera (Chowk.com)

Whose Iqbal — Ours or Theirs? (Chowk.com)

 

On Films (Hollywood/Bollywood)

 
Enter the new superhero (The Weekend Today)
Another Khan is born (The Weekend Today)
Beating Bollywood's odds (The Weekend Today)
Anjum on Bergman (Academia)
Bollywood Brew (The Weekend Today)
Bollywood Goes to School (Little India)
Spirit of Asian Cinema seen in Krrish's success (Today)
Students and Teachers Learn a Valuable Lesson from Bollywood (SCMP)
Hot Afternoon with the Diva... (Outlook)
Raising the Asian Flag (Little India)
Hollywood Lives for Another Day (Little India)

Hollywood's Indian Adventures (Asia Times Online)

Salaam Mira! Tribute to a Global Talent (Jamini)

Asian cinema steams up (Little India)

China a hit in Hollywood, Bollywood a flop (Asia Times Online)

Satyajit Ray: The Poet of Images (Britannicaindia.com)

Miss Indias in the Clap Trap (Britannicaindia.com)

Whorrible! (Chowk.com)

Bollywood in the Panic Room (Chowk.com)

Hollywood Calling, Bollywood Falling (Aaj , Canada)

An Interview with Govind Nihalani (Chowk.com)

Bollywood Brew (The Weekend Today)
 

 

Books (researched/edited)
 
SAARC: A Handbook, 2003, SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Islamabad, in collaboration with Friedrich-Naumann-stiftung, New Delhi): Research & Copy Editing
Enabling Agricultural Markets for the Small Indian Farmer, 2003, Bookwell, New Delhi: Editorial Coordinator (with authors Amir Ullah Khan and Bibek Debroy)
Integrating the Rural Poor into Markets, 2004, Academic Books, New Delhi: Editorial Coordinator (with authors Amir Ullah Khan and Bibek Debroy)
 
 
Research papers (authoedr/co-authored)

 

Who is Afraid of Climate Change? (Bazaar Chintan)

A Tale of Two Countries: Comparing India’s and Pakistan’s Economies (Bazaar Chintan)
E-learning and Higher Education: Problems, Prospects and Emerging Trends (Muscat, Oman)
To Kill the Mockingbird: Madrasah System in India (Bazaar Chintan)
Sexual Harassment at the Workplace (Indian Management, June 1999)


.Policy papers (edited)
 

Economic Transition in India through Bollywood Eyes, Amir Ullah Khan and Bibek Debroy, August 2002.
Sustainable Development - An Asian Perspective, Bibek Debroy, September 2002.
ICT and Development, Bibek Debroy, December 2002.
Resizing Education for the Poor, S. Prasanna, January 2003.
There is a Gene in My Food, Ashima Srivastava, February 2003.
Agriculture growth and the small farmer in India, D. Chakraborty, March’03.
Marketing, Storage, and Extension Services: State of Agriculture in India, Gokul Patnaik, April 2003.
Trade Concerns in Agriculture: Indian Farmers and the WTO, Amir Ullah Khan, May 2003.
Reform Issues in Indian Agriculture, Bibek Debroy, June 2003.
Agricultural Policy and Rural Poverty Reduction, N C Saxena, July 2003.
Challenges of integrating small holders in markets, S J Phansalkar, August 2003.
Efficiency and Equity of Food Market Interventions, Bharat Ramaswamy, September 2003.
Setting the House in Order: A Study on Technical Standards that affect Indian Agricultural Trade, Mohammed Saqib, October 2003.
Microfinance in Eastern India-A Clinical Study, Rajesh Chakrabarti and Anupam Gupta, November 2003.
Equal Treatment, Unequal Outcomes? Generating Sex Inequality through Fertility Behaviour, Robert Jenson, December 2003.
Post-harvest Innovation Systems in South Asia: Key Features and Options for Capacity
Development
, A. J. Hall, R. V. Sulaiman, B. Yoganand, N. G. Clark, January 2004.
Are Indian Female-Headed Households More Vulnerable to Poverty? Shubhashish
Gangopadhyay and Willima Wadhwa, Februray 2004.

 
Book Reviews
 
Please visit my blog for latest book reviews
A Gift of Rain by Tan Twan Eng (India Se 2007)
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid (India Se 2007)
The Solitude of Emperors by David Davidar (India Se 2007)
The Elephant, The Tiger and The Cell Phone by Shashi Tharoor (India Se 2008)
The Peacock Throne by Sujit Saraf (India Se 2007)
Sam's Story by Elmo Jayawardena (Dream Ink, 2007)