SUGGI RAJ writes from Bangalore: As the Indian media shows an almost pornographic interest in the Brothers Ahmed, and their Glasgow plot that went phut, here’s a bomb that should blow a small hole in our skulls. More farmers have committed suicide in Karnataka in the last 14 months than the number of people who…
Daily Archives: 16 July 2007
Even God cries when the best come to join Him
In what can only be pettiness of an obscene level, India’s biggest English language newspaper group as a matter of policy does not print obituaries of its editors and journalists even if they perish while being on the rolls (although a glorious exception will soon have to be made). How heartwarming, on the other hand,…
‘The Aussie leopard won’t change its spots’
Richard Branson, whose bid for ITV was derailed just in time by Rupert Murdoch, has weighed in on his old adversary’s bid for the Wall Street Journal. If Murdoch wins his takeover bid for The Wall Street Journal, would you trust him to keep his hands off the editorial pages? Why else would he buy…
Just desserts: now an open letter to Moore
Michael Moore‘s open letter to CNN in the Sicko issue accusing it and the rest of the mainstream media of failing in their duty of asking the tough questions they should ask of people in power, has resulted in another open letter. This time, the letter writer is a blogger, and the addressee is Moore…
‘Learn to take the rough with the smooth’
“Balance” is a word which keeps repeatedly popping up in Sir Mark Tully‘s new book India’s Unending Journey. And it is a word which again pops up in his interview with Shekhar Gupta on NDTV’s Walk the Talk programme. As a journalist, you would say, if you keep your balance long enough, then ultimately it…
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