There was a time when young journalists in Bombay used to hear, in awe, that Aveek Sarkar, the paterfamilias of the Anandabazar Patrika (ABP) group, secretly considered Tony Joseph as …
T.N. Ninan, editorial director of Business Standard, in his weekly ruminations, against the backdrop of the IPL and Ranbaxy scandals: “Pillorying the government of the day for pervasive corruption is …
T.N. Ninan in the Business Standard: “The coal scandal began with revelations about the Manmohan Singh government, then expanded in scope to take in the Vajpayee government, and has now …
PRITAM SENGUPTA in New Delhi and KEERTHI PRATIPATI in Hyderabad write: Media criticism in India, especially in the so-called mainstream media, has never been much to write home about. Operating …
The Editors’ Guild of India* has responded to the remarks made by the chairman of the Press Council of India, Justice Markandey Katju, in recent interviews and interactions with the …
Nearly 30 years after it was made on a shorter than shoestring budget, the Kundan Shah-directed caper Jaane bhi do yaaro remains one of Bollywood’s most loved movies, presciently squatting …
A week is a long time in politics; a quarter is a long time in journalism. Just a few months ago, Indian media organisations were pracing around in joy, launching …
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: He has been called Loh Purush, the Iron Man of our times. Some even say the title of Prime Minister of India is reserved …
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