Category: Media Related

The great joke that is Indian media…

Read this George Orwell-esque newsreport this morning (from IBN Live, “Clash in Gujarat over Osama posters“): “…Fifteen people, including three police personnel, were injured when members of a community clashed with the police after...

Did I miss the riots?

Just came across Prudent Indian‘s comment on this post re. the Mecca Masjid blasts. I am reproducing it here: “1.)Why did not Hindus rioted after Mumbai train blasts or Delhi serial bombings on the eve...

Of “Sacred Bulls”, Divinity and Development

Some of you may have already come across the controversy surrounding a decision by the Welsh assembly government in UK to slaughter a “sacred bull” which has tested positive for tuberculosis. (read here and...

Whats wrong with the media…

Short excerpt from an interview with�Arianna Huffington�(slightly dated but the point is still valid – more so in the Indian context – emphasis mine) “Wired News: You don’t pull punches when discussing the state...

Dr Pandey, Gandhi-giri and Terrorism…

Like many of you, I have heard of ASHA�and its founder, Dr Sandeep Pandey�- always in a very admirable and inspiring terms. So I was more than a little surprised (and quite disturbed) when...