In pre-liberalisation socialist India, in the licence-quota-permit raj of Indira Gandhi, the “foreign hand” —shorthand for the United States—was always blamed for every ill on our soil. Look, who’s complaining about whom now. George W. Bush and Condoleeza Rice are blaming growing prosperity in India and China for the global food crisis. And the White…
Daily Archives: 6 May 2008
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose
That’s French for the more things change the more they remain. We think we are going through an amazing boom, but Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was saying the same in 1957. We think it is only now that the need to attract younger readers has become imperative, but the Daily Mirror was issuing television commercials aimed…
Vinod Mehta: Seven rules for young journalists
Vinod Mehta, editor-in-chief of Outlook magazine, delivered the convocation address at the Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media (IIJNM) in Bangalore on 3 May 2008, and laid out the ground rules for the graduating Class of 2008. 1) Be a professional journalist: Have a sense of mission and be proud to say your a…
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