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GLOBAL SUMMITS: WHERE ARE WE GOING? – EPISODE -1
Development writer and international negotiations-watcher Biraj Swain, journalist Mihir Sharma, economist and ex-United Nations diplomat Nitin Desai, global tax regulation advocate Pooja Rangaprasad...
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HARDIK PATEL KO GUSSA KYUN AAYA
In 1992, Bali Brahmbhatt and Devang Patel came up with what became the cult Patel Rap. Twenty-three years later, Gujarat finds itself swinging to another Patel rap – this one by a 21-year-old called...
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DISRUPTIONS IN PARLIAMENT OR A STUCK GST BILL: WHAT’S BOTHERING INDIA INC?
India and India Inc have come a long way since 1944-45 when eight leading lights of Indian industry (J R D Tata, G D Birla, Ardeshir Dalal, Shri Ram, Kasturbhai Lalbhai, A D Shorff, Sir Purshottamdas...
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NL HAFTA – EPISODE 30
This week on NL Hafta, Krishn Kaushik from The Caravan joins us as we discuss Essar’s Rs 250 crore defamation suit against The Caravan magazine and Kaushik. We try understanding why other media...
View ArticleA NEWSLAUNDRY INTERN’S OBSERVATIONS ON THE LATEST EPISODE OF NL HAFTA
On Essar suing The Caravan The nexus between corporates and men in power (politicians and bureaucrats) must be exposed and today’s media should have the capacity and the guts to expose it. The...
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‘I DON’T BELIEVE IN ISMS’: THE SWATI MALIWAL INTERVIEW
After a cancellation, two last-minute changes in schedule, I am finally sitting in front of Swati Maliwal, the new Delhi Commission of Women (DCW) chairperson. But just as I switch my recorder on,...
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HOW NEWS DIED ON THE #SHEENABORA MURDER TRAIL
You cannot possibly be in the online news space and not have anything to say on the Indrani and Peter Mukerjea case. The wall-to-wall coverage is understandable even if I don’t agree with it. I see...
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17 SPECTACULARLY SILLY THINGS WE HEARD IN THE MEDIA ON THE SHEENA BORA MURDER...
Ever since the news of Indrani Mukerjea allegedly murdering Sheena Vora broke on August 25, 2015, the media has churned out reports faster than the story has developed giving us some ridiculous...
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THE CURIOUS CASE OF ONION PRICES AND THE BIHAR ELECTIONS
Ajayptp/Shutterstock Onion prices and the stock markets have recently been in the news but for contrary reasons—one is rising precipitously while the other is falling rapidly. Recently, after the...
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KIDNAPPED FOR CAMEL RACING: THE STORY OF LOST CHILDHOOD
What do you expect from a typical two-year-old? To be able to walk & run properly. But, immigrant two-year-old boys on camel farms in the UAE in the 1980s had a completely different childhood....
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TALKING ABOUT INDRANI MUKERJEA IS NOT UNFEMINIST
Writing in Firstpost this morning, Piyasree Dasgupta offered a withering commentary on the media coverage of the Sheena Bora murder case: “This story has stopped being about the murder of Sheena Bora...
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WHY THE NEW MHA GUIDELINES FOR INTERVIEWING JAIL INMATES INFRINGE ON BOTH...
The Miami Herald, famous for its investigative journalism that has immensely benefited criminal justice reforms, has been running a series called “Cruel and Unusual”, which tracks human rights abuses...
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TVF’S ANANDESHWAR DWIVEDI TELLS US WHY HUMOURISTS AVOID TAKING A POLITICAL STAND
In a country like India, where taking offence is a national pastime, how political can the comic scene be? Is it okay to make jokes on politicians and their politics, or is everyone too scared of...
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SANTHARA – THE RIGHT NOT TO LIVE
Earlier this month, the Rajasthan High Court had ruled that the voluntary religious practice of santhara was a form of suicide and, therefore, illegal. Jains had protested against the order, saying...
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KIDNAPPED FOR CAMEL RACING – PART 2: INDIAN NUMBERS
In part 1, we looked at the issue of young children being trafficked for camel racing in detail. In this story, we look at the data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). It is intriguing that...
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WHY INDIA IGNORES A $16-BILLION SMOKING-LED HEALTH CRISIS
India Picture/Shutterstock In January this year, the government asked for public opinion on tougher new laws to curb smoking: To raise the minimum smoking age to 21 from 18, and to ban the sale of...
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WHY MODI BHAKTS ON TWITTER HAVE LOST THEIR STING
A documentary film on the Lok Sabha election in Varanasi is denied a censor certificate by the censor board, reportedly, because the film has some scenes making fun of Varanasi Member of Parliament...
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I DON’T THINK IT’S FAIR TO BURDEN COMEDY WITH THE RESPONSIBILITY OF HAVING TO...
In a country like India, where taking offence is a national pastime, how political can the comic scene be? Is it okay to make jokes on politicians and their politics, or is everyone too scared of Jaya...
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