Tag Archives: Meher Chand Market

The investigative TV journo who now sells sarees

The state of mainstream Indian journalism, it can be argued, is somewhat reflected by the number of journalists churning out books; leaving for greener PR, corporate communications and “policy”) pastures; joining thinktanks; going on sabatticals, etc—and it is probably no different from the rest of the world. But nobody drives home the issue better than…

Guess who’s looking forward to the I-day holiday?

They also serve who drive and deliver. The “Press” stickers and identification tags in the car of Manoj Kumar, a newspaper vendor in New Delhi’s Meher Chand market. Kumar, 28, who delivers newspapers to embassies and consulates in the capital, says he has seen a near ten-fold increase in the quantum of newspapers sold and…