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Media Powered Allegations during School Admissions
The school admissions are in full swing across India. School managements are leaving no stones unturned to woo students. An allegation against the school during this crucial time of admission would do irreparable damage to the reputation of the school. The rival schools cashes in on the opportunity by ‘buying’ a particular reporter/s ensuring the [...]
Hindu Right Wing, Police and Media Nexus
The Hindu Right Wingers are making their presence felt all over India for all wrong reasons. Hoisting of Pakistani flag in Bijapur, Karnataka to incite communal violence tops the list of narrow minded yet shrewd attempts of the Hindu right wing thugs. Proclaiming the lofty pseudo Hindu ideals, the VHP, RSS, Bajrangdal, Sangh Parivar, ShriRamSena [...]
Media On Lokpal
If only News channel activities could be represented in forms of blood and sinew, it would be a crime scene on my television. I switched on the TV early morning on 28.12.2011 and I had reporters attacking me from every news channel. What ruffled the feathers of a silent democracy so early in the morning? [...]
Fiction meets Reality
Today, the Indian Television is all about ‘Fiction meets reality’. Whichever channel you surf, there’s a reality show facing you. The question is how much reality is present in these shows? Are people really so abusive and negative minded in their everyday life, as the reality shows depicts them to be. With so much of [...]
Ninan on Prasar Bharati: An Overview
When greed and corruption has established its footholds everywhere, how can media be left behind. An excellent example is what Sevanti Ninan gives in her article: ‘Can we afford Prasar Bharati?’ She is in fact not talking about the functioning of the Prasar Bharati, but about how deeply the efforts to upright an autonomous body [...]
Chalta Hai…But for How Long?
“For India is more than just a land. India is an atmosphere. Over thousands of years, the races and religions of the world have mingled here and produced that unique, indefinable phenomenon, the INDIAN; so terrifying in a crowd, so beautiful in himself”. Indeed, beautiful lines by Ruskin Bond. Who could put it better [...]
DNA on Anna Hazare
ANALYZING COVERAGE OF ANNA HAZARE’S CAMPAIGN BY DNA (my subjective analysis) DNA is one newspaper that has made its presence felt in a short span of time. As young as its inception in 2005, the paper is targeted mainly at the youth. This article analyses the coverage of Anna Hazare’s second fast in line with [...]
Internet Censorship: Are Journalists Pursuing Porn Philosophy?
The moans strikes the sensual note, action gains pace, and the viewers are ushered into the world of perverted sexual fantasies. The innumerable videos, snaps and stories with contrasting tags featuring diverse cultures, locations and techniques keeps frail human beings coming back for more. Concealing the reality, do try this at home is the message [...]
Freedom of Press In India in the 21st Century!
Freedom of press in India if overlooked from a surface looks adequate enough, yet as we go deeper into the crux of the issue the broader, and I may say, ugly picture comes into the highlight. Unlike America, India fails to give special privileges to the press. Like ordinary citizens, press also has its freedom [...]
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