Tag Archives: V.K. Krishna Menon

J-POD || Podcast || “In 1962, media was more independent, less subservient. It lampooned Nehru, Krishna Menon mercilessly. Modi is trying to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat by managing headlines” || Jairam Ramesh

23 July 2020

*** When WhatsApp becomes the chief source of information, it is easy to lose sight of the fact that India was a mere 15 years old as a free nation when China invaded in 1962. An impressionable teenager, whose population was 45 crores, whose GDP was a mere $4,200 crore. On the other hand, when China intruded…

This September: Anna Wintour’s India connection

28 August 2009

Meryl Streep essayed her role in the Oscar-nominated film The Devil Wears Prada. In the documentary The September Issue, which releases in New York today, Anna Wintour plays Anna Wintour. The legendary editor of the Baghwad Gita of the $300billion fashion industry, Vogue, takes off her trademark goggles and allows director R.J. Cutler to scrutinise…