Aziz Haniffa‘s rediff.com/India Abroad interview with India’s ambassador to the United States Ronen Sen has been the big story of the week. The “headless chicken” quote has become canon fodder for the communists and other critics opposing the UPA government’s nuclear deal with America. Parliament has been stalled, apologies have been tendered, statements have been…
Daily Archives: 22 August 2007
‘We, the editors of tabloids, admit…’
How often do editors say, “We are sorry for what we did”? Answer: Not too often. But three former tabloid editors in Britain, not the most remorseful among the tribe, have come close to that by admitting their share of guilt for the road mishap in which the Princess of Wales, Diana, was killed in…
‘Honey, look what they did to the paper!’
Standard question: “Will online newspapers replace hardcopy newspapers?” Standard answer: “You can never take a computer to the toilet. Or roll it up to swat a fly.” Really? Here is a YouTube video of a 2.5 x 0.01 inch electronic paper video screen made by Sony. How much longer before they start making computers with screens…
One journalist’s plant is another’s campaign
MOUNT PLEASANT, MI: The political crisis sparked by the communist parties’ stand on India’s nuclear deal with the United States is remarkable for one other reason: the strong pro-deal stances taken by English language newspapers based in New Delhi. Almost to a man, they have backed the deal, and ripped the Left for opposing the…
‘Because we are all cartoons drawn by God’
In the land of the Indian Institute of Science, the Indian Institute of Management, and the Indian Institute of Information Technology, the nascent Indian Institute of Cartoonists throws open a gallery of cartoons, “to promote the art of cartooning in India.” View the video here: India’s first cartoon gallery
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