For reasons they (we) know all too well, journalists’ marriages have (generally) become the byword for short, rocky, if not wholly unhappy, relationships. Not so, T.S. Nagarajan‘s. The renowned photographer, master of the black-and-white form, was happily married to wife Meenakshi for a full 50 years till two Decembers ago. In his privately published book…
Monthly Archives: February 2010
Amitabh Bachchan versus the Mumbai Mirror
Amitabh Bachchan, who only eight months ago confessed he wanted to be a journalist in his next life, continues to have problems with those practising the craft in their current life. Four months ago, the BBC’s star of the millennium” was in a tug-of-war with Abhijit Mazumder of MiD-DaY. Earlier this week, he had problems…
When a politician weds a journalist, it’s news
Not too many Indian politicians have a good word about journalism or journalists, but at least one of them, Congressman Jitin Prasada will (hopefully) do so from today. The 36-year-old junior minister for petroleum and natural gas married television journalist Neha Seth in New Delhi on February 16. Prasada, 36, belongs to the Kapurthala royal…
It’s all happening in the newsmagazine space
The latest advertising campaign of the newsweekly The Week targetting Outlook*. The Cochin-based Week is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC), while the Delhi-based Outlook along with market leader India Today are not. So The Week used figures filed by Outlook before the registrar of newspapers (RNI) for the ammunition for the…
Why Jethmalani started ‘The Sunday Guardian’
The well known criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani on his increasingly testy relationship with the media, at an interaction with journalists of the Indian Express: Pragya Kaushika: You have criticised the media but you have invested in a new paper, The Sunday Guardian. Why this sudden interest in the media? Ram Jethmalani: It was due to…
‘If a headline asks a question, the answer is no’
Foundation for Media Professionals (FMP) seminar: Can the intelligence bureau and the research and analysis wing be accountable? Thursday, February 18 5.30pm-8 pm Venue: Nehru memorial museum and library, Teen Murti house, New Delhi. Also read: Andrew Marr: How to read a newspaper
ToI group editor in flap over honorary doctorate
*** Bennett, Coleman bossman Samir Jain, it is said, doesn’t like his editors becoming the news instead of quietly packaging it in the newsroom. A test of that famous kink comes in Bangalore, where the helmsman of The Times of India group’s Kannada daily has been hogging the headlines for all the wrong reasons. On…
Indian youth prefer newspapers over TV for news
Newspaper printers, publishers and promoters have plenty to thank India’s youth. A nationwide survey by the National Council of Applied Economics Reserch (NCAER) shows that two out of every three people in the 13-35 age band prefer to get their news from newspapers, although more youngsters are exposed to television than print. Infographic: courtesy The…
A bigger masthead than the previous week
The front page of the second issue of M.J. Akbar‘s new weekly newspaper, The Sunday Guardian.
Will M.J. Akbar recreate The Telegraph magic?
New Delhi has a new Sunday paper, The Sunday Guardian, edited by the veteran editor, author and columnist M.J. Akbar. The 40-page weekly, priced at Rs 3, hit the stands on 31 January with the renowned lawyer Ram Jethmalani as chairman of the board of MJP Media Pvt Ltd. This is the second weekend paper…
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