Pop culture India!: media, arts, and lifestyle/ Asha Kasbekar.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents
1. Introduction -- The Position of English -- Political and Economic Development -- The Indian Underworld -- The Focus of This Volume -- Women and Minorities -- Dalits -- Gay Culture

2. Indian Music -- History of the Music Industry -- The Early Years -- The Cassette Revolution -- The Satellite Revolution -- Popular Music in India Today -- Film Music -- Non film Pop Music -- Bhangra -- Ghazals -- Indipop -- Devotional Music -- International Music -- Issues -- The Growth of Piracy -- Links with Organized Crime -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index

3. Indian Theater -- Sanskrit Theater -- Traditional Theaters -- Ram Lila and Ras Lila -- Chavittu Natakam -- Jatra -- Tamasha -- Nautanki -- The Colonial British Theater -- The Parsi Theater -- Marathi Theater -- Sangeet Natak -- Modern Marathi Theater -- Vijay Tendulkar -- After Tendulkar -- Bengali Theater -- The Early Playwrights -- Commercial Theater -- Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) -- Modern Bengali Theater -- Hindi and English Theaters in India -- Theater in English -- Issues -- Plagiarism -- Competition for Audiences and Performance Space -- Conclusions -- A-Z Index

4. Indian Literature in English -- The Development of Indian Literature in English -- The Early Years -- Novelists of the 1930s and 1940s --1950s-1970s -- 1980s Onward -- Pulp Fiction -- Amar Chitra Katha and the Revolution in Indian Comic books -- Issues -- Writing in English -- The Publishing Industry -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index

5. Print Media in India-Newspapers and Magazines -- History of the Indian Press -- After 1857 -- The Freedom Struggle -- After Independence -- Mrs. Gandhi and the Emergency -- The "Newspaper Revolution" -- Magazine Revolution -- The Contemporary Scene -- Issues -- Harassment of the Press -- Violence against the Media -- The Case of Tehelka.com -- Legislative Privileges -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index

6. Radio -- History -- Channels and Content -- Issues -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index

7. Broadcast Media-Indian Television -- History of Indian Television -- The Satellite Instruction Television Experiment -- Mrs Gandhi: The "Tele-visionary" -- The Mother of all Soap Operas -- The Soap Opera of the Gods -- The Arrival of Satellite Television -- The Great Television -- Scramble -- Cablewallahs and MSOs -- Doordarshan's Response -- Programs -- News and News-Based Programs -- Sports Channels -- Religious Channels -- Children's Television -- Overseas Distribution of Indian Programs -- The Future of Television in India -- Issues -- Government's Response -- Piracy and Plagiarism -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index

8. Indian Cinema -- Popular Hindi Cinema -- Plot -- Emotion -- Songs and Dances -- Genre -- History -- Issues -- Conclusion -- Films from the South -- Tamil Films and the Cinema of Politics -- The Entrepreneurial Spirit of Telugu Cinema -- The New Kannada Cinema: -- The New Malayalam Cinema -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index

9. Indian Cricket -- History of Cricket in India -- Parsis and the Parsi Gymkhana -- Triangulars, Quandrangulars, and Pentagulars -- The Princes -- Ranji -- Baloo -- The 1930s Onward -- Post Independence -- Cricket in Contemporary India -- Cricket and Nationalism -- Commercialization of Cricket -- Match Fixing -- Why Do Indians Love Cricket? -- Conclusion -- A-Z Chronology

10. Consumer Culture -- Consumer Culture -- What the Shopping Malls Offer -- Caf¿ Culture -- Pubs -- Restaurants -- High Fashion -- E-Commerce -- New Age Spirituality -- New Age Gurus -- Issues -- Lack of Amenities -- Uneven Distribution of Wealth -- Conclusion -- A-Z Index -- Conclusion -- Glossary