The Last Post
With the threat of closure looming large, BBC’s Tamil service celebrated its 70th anniversary a few months ago. Started as a "A news letter from Ceylonâ€, broadcasting once a week, BBC Tamil service began its daily broadcasts only in 1990 when the civil war between the Sri Lankan Tamil rebels, the LTTE and the government was intensifying.
The Quality of Indian Media
Writing about the entry of FDI in the retail sector and the related issue of food security, Nagesh Hegde, the noted environmentalist and Kannada writer, has made a significant observation.
The dark trail: Now and then
I have spent 15 years of my life as a crime reporter and have seen uncountable technological advancements in these years.
'Every section of society ought to be represented'
It is difficult to say that the media is deliberately ignoring the issues of a certain community (Muslim). When the media thinks that a certain story can be played up as a Hindu-Muslim story, only then they take it up.
You sure have come a long way
Perceived as a liability to begin with, now accepted as an asset… you have come a long way, baby! This immortal cigarette ad line, best tells the place Indian women journalists have made for themselves today in the erstwhile ‘men only’ newsroom.
Why media loves to loathe Mayawati
Nothing better illustrates the visceral hostility in the mainstream Indian media against Dalit supremo Mayawati than the recent flurry of headlines and commentaries on her supposed imperious and wasteful ways based on Wikileaks revelations.
Exchanging the Sword for the Pen
Some professionals in the world of fashion opine that the fine coordination required when models walk the ramp, is easier today. The modelling schools have been a great asset in providing a bevy of standardised beauties. They are about the same weight, height and shape; scorch the hearts with similar strides and swirls; and perhaps, pout and pivot not too differently even after the show is over.
The questioning spirit is still alive...
“How different is your present role as a Member of Parliament from your previous role as an editor?†Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay asked me practically at the end of the interview for the Lok Sabha TV under his series “Ekla Chaloâ€.
Unwilling to test the limits
A tourist or casual visitor to Sri Lanka may be impressed by the number of newspapers and magazines available in the news stands and the multiplicity of electronic media channels, as by the appearance of post-war normalcy.
There is need for a media commission
Generally speaking, many of the media schools run on borrowed faculty, and part time staff just don’t measure up to the demands of the media industry. The editor-in-chief and part owner of a Hindi news TV channel, told this writer that they have decided to launch a media school themselves to meet their requirements
Hindi Journalism, the Unprintable Malaise Within
If the latest available Indian Readership Survey is to be trusted, of the first ten most eyeball-grabbing dailies, the first three places are claimed by Hindi newspapers (Jagaran, Bhaskar and Hindustan), followed by a fifth (Amar Ujala) and an eighth (Rajasthan Patrika).
The positive interventionist
A small-town boy makes it to the top of TV charts, this is Ashutosh’s story
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
