This is as perfect an occasion as any to decide and return to active blogging — a habit developed with LiveJournal in the February of 2001. Over the last few years I felt no urge, no need to blog, save…
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Why can’t the media think? Don’t they have a brain?
Despite repeated requests from the NSG and the Army personnel to refrain from showing the live footage of the anti-terrorist operations at Mumbai, the media is playing out a farce and continuing to show sensitive live footage of the operations.…
Whose side are you on, Media? Or are you really that foolish?!
I salute the brave martyrs of my motherland who laid down their lives fighting for the freedom and security of the people of India. I salute the brave policemen and soldiers who are, even as I write this, exchanging fire…
Has the watchdog lost its teeth?
The media in India seems to be taking an interesting turn; a not-so-pleasant turn. Especially when it comes to television news, but the print media is not too behind either. The media seem to be reporting news, but never taking…
How (NOT) to bend a spoon…!
On February 19, 2006 The Times of India, Mumbai in its magazine section TIMES REVIEW, published an article headlined: How to bend a spoon. Meenakshi Sinha, in this article *exposes* how “Some clever men claim to use their minds to…
Calling the Media Ombudsman…
Sania gets a superstar welcome Bangalore, DHNS : Move over Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar, your time at the top of the popularity charts is close to over. In fact, the turn of events at the KSLTA tennis stadium courts here on…
The Media Ombudman
yodha in Readers’ Editor writes: Taking inspiration from The Guardian, The Hindu has appointed a readers’ editor (formally known as a news ombudsman). It states that this is a first in Indian journalism. It hopes that this will help maintain…
