मिडिया
November 11, 2016
Even as we celebrated 'resistance' and ‘democracy’ in ensuring the ban on NDTV ‘was put on hold’ (the Modi regime made this announcement on November 7 after the channel had gone to court and there had been a vociferous outcry on the ban), we Indians have remained mealy-mouthed and silent on the 65 day old ban on Kashmir Reader, a newspaper published from the...
November 11, 2016
A newsroom can often be the most nerve-racking, jarring, or the most fun-filled place for a professional journalist. Given the speed at which news travels these days, it is also a place where decisions are taken in a heartbeat and executed within seconds. In all, the newsroom lies at the heart of any media organisation; be it a website or an old-school newspaper.
Not if you happen to be a...
November 10, 2016
Twenty four hours of having Donald Trump as the president elect and the streets of the United States of America (USA) look different. Shaun King, an American civil rights activist shared a number of screenshots of women sharing their experience of racism, misogyny and religious intolerance by Trump supporters, on the very next day of the election.
A Muslim woman, in...
November 10, 2016
The Managing Editor of Akila newspaper says it was a an April Fool’s Story; but on November 8 Akila had Got it exactly right
In the midst of the hubbub surrounding the secrecy of PM Modi’s plan to eliminate the currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000, an image of a clipping from a Gujarati newspaper doing rounds on WhatsApp and Social Media is leaving readers perplexed.
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November 9, 2016
Donald J Trump has declared victory in the US presidential election. The candidate took the stage in New York just before 3am local time to announce that his rival, Hillary Clinton, had called him to concede the race.
Donald Trump claims victory in New York. Mike Segar/Reuters
“The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer,” the president-...
November 9, 2016
Is the government really blameless for the crisis of credibility faced by the media?
On March 18, 2002, when the Gujarat violence had been dragging on more than a fortnight after its outbreak, then chief minister of the state, Narendra Modi, wrote letters of appreciation to over a dozen Gujarati newspapers for their coverage.
He was “grateful” to each of those...
November 8, 2016
पिछले महीने 26 अक्टूबर को कनाडा की संसद ने इस्लामफोबिया विरोधी प्रस्ताव पारित किया। कनाडा और दुनिया के दूसरे हिस्सों में मस्जिदों और मुस्लिम समुदाय पर हुए हाल के हमलों को देखते हुए कनाडा की संसद में यह प्रस्ताव पारित किया गया है। हालांकि यह प्रस्ताव अभी कानून नहीं बना है लेकिन इसमें हर तरह के इस्लाम फोबिया की निंदा की गई है।
कनाडा के 70000 लोगों ने ऑनलाइन याचिका पर हस्ताक्षर कर इस्लाम के...
November 8, 2016
नई दिल्ली। NDTV इंडिया के एक दिन के बैन के खिलाफ राजनेताओं सहित पत्रकारों व संपादकों के समूहों द्वारा की गई आलोचना के बाद सरकार ने यू टर्न ले लिया है। सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय ने बैन लगाने का आदेश स्थगित कर दिया है। दरअसल सोशल मीडिया पर भी एनडीटीवी बैन तीन दिन से टॉप ट्रेंडिंग में था। भारी संख्या में लोग इसकी आलोचना कर रहे थे। आदेश स्थगन के बारे खुद एनडीटीवी ने अपनी वेबसाइट पर लिखा है। NDTV के...
November 8, 2016
12 things we can't ignore as America votes.
Image credit: Vox.com
For John Berger at 90, whose uncompromising tenderness and compassion shows us how to look hard yet be full of care.
1. There should be a plural term for violences. This would let us talk about how to choose between violences. Today, this would mean judging between different ‘brands’ of violence in the...
November 7, 2016
एनडीटीवी इंडिया पर लगे एक दिन के प्रतिबंध को लेकर एनडीटीवी अब सरकार से दो-दो हाथ करने के लिए सुप्रीम कोर्ट में आ गया है। पत्रकारों से लेकर राजनीतिक दलों के नेता भी सरकार के फैसले का विरोध कर रहे हैं। इस बीच आज एऩडीटीवी इंडिया ने बैन के खिलाफ सुप्रीम कोर्ट का दरवाजा खटखटाया है
सरकार के इस अलोकतांत्रिक फैसले पर चैनल ने कड़ा रूख अपनाते हुए कोर्ट में सरकार को चुनौति दी है। अब...