What the Indian Information and Broadcasting Minister must be doing? There are some exciting things happening in the India media: print and TV. There is also much contradiction in the minds of media owners as to what constitutes news for the Indian audience. Even some of the well-established English newspapers are filling up the pages…
Category: Media
What is the defintion of news?
News is what the commentary makes it to be! Newsheadlines almost seem to define the daily news and opinions of most people.People in India,more than the west,do belive in the printed word.Once there was in the West,the common refrain:”Dont belive the newspapers!”.Not anymore.People do believe the newspapers,their favourite newspapers and their headlines go as given…
Appoint a Cabinet Minister for Culture!
Bifurcate the HRD Ministry! We need a bold new culture policy to preserve our ancient heritages and to project our contemporary brand image. Before I write about anything else this time, I have to mention two events, one exciting, one saddening. The exciting this is about the archeological discoveries in Athens, Greece, where they have…
What we read? Who gives us? Who controls our thinking?
We seem to be reading our daily newspapers and much of the books or TV news as dished out by American media. Have you ever thought of who gives us these news or views or thought processes? Yes, it is the world newspapers, world TV channels controlled by nine transnational corporations America dominates a monopoly…
Press Freedom
Criminal defamation, Contempt of court, Violation of legislature privileges. Can the hidden cameras/sting operations justified? Press Freedom is a much talked about subject. Just now, Mr. N. Ram, the Editor-in-Chief of The Hindu has delivered a lecture in Hyderabad at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of the High Court of AP had dealt with this much…