When The Times of India took the long ladder down in the late 1990s, among the things its brand managers knocked out was the cryptic crossword with barely a squeak from readers, editors (and TOI receptionists!) who had grown up on it. No such luck with the Hindustan Times. The paper may have long buried…
Tag Archives: Manu Joseph
When an editor draws a cartoon, it’s news
Indian print editors have done book reviews (Sham Lal, Times of India), film reviews (Vinod Mehta, Debonair), food reviews (Vir Sanghvi, Hindustan Times), music reviews (Chandan Mitra, TOI, Pioneer, The Sunday Observer; Sanjoy Narayan, Hindustan Times), elephant polo reviews (Suman Dubey, India Today) etc, but few have done cartoons. When The Telegraph, Calcutta, was launched…
Indian journalist ‘applies’ to be the next Pope
In the latest issue of Open magazine, its editor Manu Joseph sends in an application to be the 112th Pope, now that the 111th has put in his papers. To The Roman Curia, The Holy See, Rome Reverends, In the aftermath of the sudden resignation of Pope Benedict XVI due to his advanced age and…
Was Anna Hazare a creation of the media?
With the MMRDA grounds in Bombay not quite turning out to be the Ram Lila grounds of Delhi, and with the Lok Pal bill floundering in Parliament, it is time for introspection in the media of the media’s role in the Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption movement. *** Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief of CNN-IBN, at First Post: “At…
When Manu Joseph met Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
Manu Joseph, editor of Open magazine, in The New York Times: “Nine years ago, I was invited by the Art of Living Foundation to interview Mr Shankar. “Mr Shankar was in the house of a wealthy businessman in South Mumbai. “In the living room he sat on a large, embellished, thronelike chair as about 50…
Why we didn’t air Niira Radia tapes: 2 examples
The publication of the transcripts of the Niira Radia tapes—in which the fixer of the Tatas and Ambanis talks to journalists Vir Sanghvi and Barkha Dutt (among others)—by Open magazine, Outlook* and Mail Today has sent the media world into a tizzy. Only a brave few have been able to avoid the temptation of…
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