Media complicity in attacks on Activists
When Prashant Bhushan and Arundhati Roy were attacked by affiliates of BJP, there was news media in place and ready seemingly with prior information.
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The importance of media in crisis
We see crisis situations happen all the time. Be they natural or man made. Media plays an important role in dispersing situation about them. However, I find that there is
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A flood of apathy
We had floods last month in Assam and parts of the North East got cut from access. This month we have floods in Orissa where large numbers of people are
Standard response to crisis
Questioning our knee jerk response to emergency situations, its impact and exploring more functional alternatives.
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Media for a new India
We say a lot about what the problem is with media, but we rarely look at what media could be. So…. of course, I write 😀 My main point in
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Internet Addiction
The term internet addiction has been around for a while. I have always found this term offensive. When I was walking two hours to surf fifteen minutes on the internet,
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To the Spirit of Mumbai
Today, the 14th of July 2011. 3 blasts in Mumbai. Kabootarkhana, Zaveri Bazar and Opera house. 21 dead and 101 injured at last count. So, by now, newspapers, TV Channels are
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Criticism of the slutwalk – Besharmi Morcha
On comments and other dialogue around the slutwalk think this is a misguided movement. Never mind that it spread like wildfire around the world because people saw its significance. “misguided”
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A Life in Clothes – Part 4 : My Terms
Earlier: A Life in Clothes part 1, part 2, part 3 While my first escape from home was an epic in insecurity, I had learned a lot from it. Most
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