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Media Watch Archive
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10 Years of Phenomenal Growth & 10 Years of Scavenging
Posted on February 29, 2012 | 64 CommentsAre death anniversaries celebrated? “Celebrated” is an unfortunate choice of word to use in the same breath as “death.” And no, that word choice is not mine. It is the media’s. Somebody’s death anniversary is not celebrated unless that person is someone like Stalin. Speaking... -
New Pioneer Oped: For the Congress, what Matters Most is Symbolism
Posted on February 21, 2012 | 9 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments and criticism welcome as always. By deftly using state power to promote the party’s first family, the Congress has created a unique political ecosystem. The media has collaborated. The Uttar Pradesh Assembly election has seen the media... -
Most Loathsome People of India: 2011
Posted on December 6, 2011 | 313 CommentsUPDATE: In hindsight, I felt I was a tad harsh on B Raman. He has been replaced with a new and much more deserving candidate for said loathsomeness. Sigh. It’s that time of the year—the only time of every year where I make a list.... -
The Lion that Became a Lamb
Posted on November 20, 2011 | 446 CommentsThe Indian media overall is a whore with none of the ethics of a whore, a fact that’s pretty much self-evident now. Yet there are very few exceptions, and once in a long while somebody in this well-oiled and smoothly-functioning corporatized whoredom gets stung by... -
…And The Award Goes To…
Posted on October 20, 2011 | 31 CommentsDisclaimer: All characters appearing in this article are real. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead is completely intentional. Real names of real people and real organizations have been suitably modified as occasioned by the demands of the article. Preface: B Raman loses the... -
My Oped In The Pioneer: Media Lionises a Rogue Cop
Posted on October 10, 2011 | 208 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments and criticism are welcome as always. Media lionises a rogue cop SUNDAY, 09 OCTOBER 2011 Sanjiv Bhatt, the IPS officer who has levelled sweeping and baseless allegations against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, has a mile-long history... -
If Modi is The Hindu Jinnah, R Jagannathan is Barkha
Posted on September 13, 2011 | 554 CommentsOh dear! Of all things, I hadn’t expected someone like R Jagannathan to mount an out-and-out personal attack against Narendra Modi. Going by his past record, I’ve always regarded him as a sensible and grounded writer but what to do? Humans are frail beings and... -
SC Verdict On Gulberg: Or How The Media & NGOs Subvert Democracy
Posted on September 12, 2011 | 47 CommentsIt couldn’t get any worse for the vile galaxy that comprises the media, intelligentsia, academia and the usual gang of Gujarat Cottage Industry freebooters. Let’s call it the media in short because it’s the media that gleefully opens its legs pages and studios and helps... -
Modi-baiters Stand Unmasked
Posted on August 25, 2011 | 190 CommentsThis was published today in the Pioneer. Comments and criticism welcome as always. Modi-baiters stand unmasked August 25, 2011 Sandeep B A sizeable section of the English media has been suspiciously enthusiastic about touting allegations as proof as far as the 2002 Gujarat violence is... -
Introducing The Dilip D’Souza School of Argument
Posted on August 18, 2011 | 75 CommentsIt almost felt like meeting a long-lost friend when I read Dilip D’Souza’s comment on my Meera Nanda piece. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that name. I had to wait for several hours before I could respond because I first had to... -
Manu Joseph’s Open Ignorance
Posted on July 8, 2011 | 180 CommentsFew things pollute the atmosphere worse than a slighted journalist. What’s an even worse pollution than that is a slighted journalist whose writings reek with a stink of suspicious agenda. Meet Manu Joseph: a non-entity until his Open magazine exposed the Radia tapes sleaze last... -
Things You Must Hate About Nehruvian India: Circa June 2011 (A Beginning)
Posted on June 15, 2011 | 92 CommentsWe live in an India that continues to follow Nehru’s folicies1. His folicies might have resulted in some good but has resulted in Brobdingnagian blunders, which has led to the mess we’re mired in. As a result, at the end of 60-plus years, we have...