All posts tagged media

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Jesters: Of Jon Stewart and Birbal
August 14, 2015, Comments Off

Jon Stewart’s retirement last week restarted discussion surrounding the United States’ dependence on satirical news ...

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Anil Kapoor and the Changing Face of India
April 27, 2012, 3 Comments

India is changing. The rich are getting richer, the poor poorer, mills are becoming malls, Delhi auto drivers are using ...

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Loving Falak to Death
February 15, 2012, 11 Comments

Why it is unacceptable to have pictures of a battered 'celebrity' baby flashed in daily news coverage

Mind your Word, Sir
December 6, 2011, 1 Comment

What did you mean? A look at jargon- and interpretations of jargon- in Durban's ongoing Climate Change Summit, which hav ...

A Second-hand Show
June 29, 2011, 2 Comments

Musings on Manmohan's Singh curious press conference

Indian Science in the Media
April 19, 2011, 42 Comments

Just a few days ago I finished a book that was supposed to show ‘how Indian science is taking over the world’ ...

On Wikileaks
March 18, 2011, 7 Comments

Why Wikileaks must not be treated as a credible source of information

“Abu Salem can Face Death Penalty”. Really?
September 21, 2010, 2 Comments

In keeping with the previous post by Eesvan, the media's version of the decision of the Supreme Court in Abu Salem's cas ...