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WHERE ARE THE MUSLIM CHARACTERS ON HINDI TELEVISION?
Take a guess. Of 48 separate programmes on six Hindi general entertainment channels* running from Monday to Friday between 7.30 to 11 pm – how many have Muslim protagonists or characters? Exactly TWO....
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NL HAFTA – EPISODE 45
In this episode of NL Hafta, Kanwar Sandhu, founder of Free Media Initiative, joins us as we discuss his cover story in Outlook magazine, “Confessions Of A Killer Cop”. Sandhu in his story gets...
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HOW DISRUPTIONS HURT PARLIAMENT’S UPPER HOUSE
While the winter session of Parliament started with controversial debates on intolerance, the Rajya Sabha (the upper house of Parliament) had to be adjourned for the fourth time before lunch due to...
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THE CONGRESS IS TRAPPED IN ITS OWN ‘CHAKRAVYUH’: ARUN JAITLEY ON THE NATIONAL...
The Congress Party, for the past few days, has disrupted both houses of Parliament. Its Goebbelsian propaganda is that the party’s leadership is a victim of political vendetta. What then are the...
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SILLY STUFF WE HEARD CELEBS SAY ON THE SALMAN KHAN VERDICT ON PRIME-TIME NEWS
The 13-year-old-long trauma for Salman Khan is finally over. He can now get married! We are not saying this. This is what director and producer Subhash Ghai said after the Bombay High Court on...
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GUL GULSHAN GULFAM: AN EXCERPT FROM ‘A LONG DREAM OF HOME: THE PERSECUTION,...
Gul Gulshan Gulfam “During that very time, the well-known film director Muzzafar Ali was shooting his film Zooni there. It was based on the life of Habba Khatoon, the great poetess of Kashmir. Dimple...
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FALLING GLOBAL GAS PRICES BONANZA FOR INDIA
Falling global gas prices have brought achche din (good days) for India’s beleaguered power-from-gas sector, ridden with unused power plants and struggling banks that have loaned billions to these...
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MORE THAN 100 STUDENTS DETAINED, TEAR GASSED: WHY ISN’T THIS FRONT PAGE NEWS?
On Wednesday, in Delhi, a student rally faced water cannons, tear gas, lathi charge and mass detention. This happened in broad daylight, at 5pm. The students were protesting the University Grants...
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NO MR JAFFRELOT, THE GUJARAT MODEL IS NOT WHY THE BJP LOST IN THE RURAL CIVIC...
In his opinion piece in The Indian Express on December 4, cheekily titled “Blowin’ in the Gujarat wind”, Christophe Jaffrelot attempts to find reasons behind the Bharatiya Janata Party’s drubbing in...
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JUVENILE CRIMES RISE 47%. BUT ADULT LAW MAY NOT HELP
As the Delhi High Court decides whether or not the juvenile convict in the Nirbhaya case — the 16 December, 2012, Delhi gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student who died later — should be...
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SYRIA’S ANONYMOUS COLLECTIVES: RADIO ROZANA
While the rest of the world watches the Syrian war unfold on their televisions and computer screens, Syrians within are often left in the dark. With electrical blackouts and erratic and heavily...
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WALKING FREE: VIPS EXEMPTED FROM SECURITY CHECKS AT INDIAN AIRPORTS
So, who are those VVIPs that are exempted from the pre-embarkation security check at the civilian airports in the country? What is the basis for extending such exemptions? The reply received from the...
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WHY ARE THERE SO FEW WOMEN PHOTOJOURNALISTS IN OUR NEWSROOMS?
Every General Election, there’s one story that you’d find in almost every paper. That of first-time voters. Similarly, every year when the Delhi University opens for the new academic session, there’s...
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE ECONOMICALLY BACKWARD CLASSES (EBCS)
The debate on reservations often brings up the issue of poorer sections of society from the General Category and what the government is doing for their welfare. Here are two central sector schemes,...
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MAHARASHTRA, UP SHOW INDIA WHAT TO EXPECT FROM GST
Maharashtra, India’s most industrialised state, and Uttar Pradesh (UP), the most populous, expect to get at least Rs 60,000 crore and Rs 65,000 crore, respectively, per year, once the Centre...
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INDIANS IN US LOVE JOBS AND MONEY BUT DREAM OF RETURN
Most Indians in the US believe they are over-qualified for their jobs but–in contrast with other nationalities–are happy with their salaries and find their jobs less stressful. Yet, while Indians feel...
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MEET THE MAULANA WHO GOT ABOUT A LAKH MUSLIMS BAYING FOR KAMLESH TIWARI’S BLOOD
On December 11, The Times of India reported that close to one hundred thousand Muslims had gathered in the communally-sensitive town of Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh the previous day, demanding death...
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