In Open magazine, Madhavankutty Pillai continues his occassional poems on news anchors. This week, his ode is directed at Sagarika Ghose, the host of Face the Nation on CNN-IBN: Salutations, mistress of the echo Blest with the force Of eyes widening until they greet the other Of eyebrows leaping like trampoline artists together Reveal to…
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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…
Sanskriti Awards for Teresa Rehman, Bahar Dutt
Two young journalists, Teresa Rehman (left) of Tehelka and Bahar Dutt of CNN-IBN, are among five winners of the Sanskriti Awards for 2009. Now in its 30th year, the Sanskriti Awards are given to young talents between 25 and 35 years of age, and will be presented in New Delhi on Novemebr 20, according to…
Did media overreact to SRK? Press QOTD ‘Y’
“Film maker, TV producer, businesswoman, writer, blogger, teacher and the main slave to an imperious hound”, Harini Calamur on the Indian media’s reaction to the detention of movie star Shah Rukh Khan by officials at Newark airport: “At first, when my nani called me up to tell me that SRK was arrested in the USA,…
Don’t ask me, ask her. Don’t ask me, ask him.
How differently can two journalists of the same house and the same media house think on the same issue at the same time, said issue being West Bengal governor Gopalkrishna Gandhi‘s stand on violence in the State? Exhibit A is Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief of CNN-IBN, seven hours ago from the web. Exhibit B is Sagarika…
The best of the year that was. Or so I think.
Pradyuman Maheshwari, group chief editor of exchange4media, has compiled the best of the year gone by. It is a personal choice, not a jury verdict. And the winners are… Best English newspaper: The Times of India Best business newspaper: Mint Best Sunday newspaper: The Hindustan Times Best newsmagazine: India Today Best business magazine: Mint Best…
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