By A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM Why is the media in India so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recognize our own strengths, our achievements? We are such a great nation. We have so many amazing success stories but we refuse to acknowledge them. Why? We are the first in milk production. We are…
Daily Archives: 16 November 2006
Three cheers to the land of freedom and liberty
The good news is that English language channel of Al Jazeera is finally broadcasting. The bad news is major American cable and satellite service providers in that wonderful country have refused to carry the feed. Now, that must really drive home to the “Eyeraqees” how much Uncle Sam treasures the freedom and liberty Dubya &…
Anybody seen this very important item?
We get a few weird calls every now and then. One came a while ago. A reader said he was really disappointed by the fact that we didn’t have an inch on the delimitation of constituencies today, although it was the lead story in our elder-sister newspaper. “All the other papers had it, why didn’t…
CONTEST: Rs 500 and a book to be won
So you think you are the smartest journalist in the City? Well, here is a chance to prove it without using Google. “We are the best”, the editorial blog on the most buzzing newsroom in Bangalore, is pleased to announce its first contest. It is a set of 10 easy questions. Answer them by 5…
JOHN SIMPSON: Secrets of Great Reporting
The fundamentals of great reporting by John Simpson, political editor, BBC (Courtesy: greatreporter.com) So, what makes a good reporter? Well, there are a number of qualities that you’ll need and among them are a real sense of curiosity; a profound interest in details and that real instinct that makes you want to grab people by…
Is Bangalore made of exactly three and a half celebs?
An issue which should bother all of us in the profession these days is how few new names modern day journalism is throwing into print. And how little we are doing to do so. If it’s Bangalore and IT, all we can think of Narayana Murthy and Premji. If it’s IT companies, all we can…
Haphazard or neat, take your pick
Newspapers—at least not those who value their readers—do not conduct daily polls. The paper itself is the voters’ ballot; the day of bill-collection is the voting day.But if ever there was a poll for the most surprised reader of the newspaper this monring, it must have been Eapen Panicker. The man known as ‘Critic’ Roshan…
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