Daily Archives: 2 April 2008

‘Journalism: mankind’s greatest achievement’

At a time when cynicism of the Indian media is growing, both within and without, Rupashree Nanda of CNN-IBN,  the winner of the Chameli Devi Award for outstanding woman journalist of 2007, has delivered a rousing acceptance speech, in which she underlines the core values of what Gabriel Garcia Marquez called “God’s Chosen Profession”. “I…

Will you buy a second-hand stock from this man?

India’s Supreme Court has issued a notice to CNBC-TV18 financial analyst Mathew Easow, and asked him to disclose his contract with the TV channel after the stock market regular found him advising viewers to buy stocks which his associate companies were selling in the market. The court has also stayed an appellate tribunal’s order overturning…