Category: Cover Story
It is important that the government and the entire society work towards restoring the credibility of the judiciary at all levels so that it dispenses justice without fear or favour
Sanjay Kapoor
Not many know that this little hellhole festers just outside Port Blair, where cardinal violation of human rights is routine.
Abhimanyu George Jain
It is critical to engage the people in meaningful dialogue before embarking on ambitious industrialisation that requires land acquisition and displacement
Arun Varma Delhi
The domination of big channels with bigger money looks like a temporary phenomenon
Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr Delhi
Television channels – news and entertainment – in India will remain corporate ventures for quite some time to come. The capital investments needed to run a channel are too huge, which is beyond the capacity of individual entrepreneurs. The neighbourhood or community TV channel is still a dream, but it cannot be ruled out. Until then, the few big players will dominate the scene.
The leading Engish newspaper, The Times of India, provides a curious example of how a newspaper re-invented itself to meet marker forces, even at the cost of media ethics
With millions of illiterate young desperately wanting to read and write, the small, elitist commercial media won’t be able to dominate the diverse and plural environment in India
Paranjoy Guha Thakurta Delhi
With his RSS links and predatory instincts, Zee owner Subhash Chandra’s UNI takeover bid has made people sit up
Hardnews Bureau Delhi
At the far end of Rafi Marg in New Delhi is located the United News of India (UNI) office. Surrounded by government offices, UNI, inconspicuously works from a colonial style bungalow. To the chagrin of its employees, UNI is known more for its canteen that serves inexpensive south Indian food and snacks, than for what it is – a national news agency.
Here, everyone knows, legendary writers, journalists, poets, theatrepersons, actors, and editors would often get together to share the news of the day. Even famous industrialist, late Dhirubhai Ambani, would occasionally drop by for a quick snack with a friendly bureaucrat. Many important deals, old-timers recall, were struck over a plate of piping hot dosa and uttapam.
The farmers in Raigad are ready to fight a do-or-die battle
Bunty Das Mumbai
Call them land pirates. On the face of it they intend to develop infrastructure, provide jobs, reduce pressure on cities in lieu of tax concessions and subsidised land. But remove the veneer and the real intention is visible. The aim is to grab huge tracts of farmers’ lands, convert them into a real estate megalith, and earn eternal profits. What happens to the displaced persons is not their concern, and anybody opposing these SEZs is coolly termed anti-development. Especially in Maharashtra and Mumbai, our own utopia – Shanghai.
The Tata small car project, at Singur, in West Bengal, has reopened simmering wounds in a Left bastion chasing Capitalism
Ashis Biswas Kolkata
The Left Front government in West Bengal has copped a lot of flak on the Tata small car project, at Singur, in Hooghly district, 50 kilometres northwest of Kolkata. Accusations have flown thick and fast. The CPI (M)-led coalition government has tried hard to hold its own against an avalanche of criticism.
I totally agree with the writer that substandard medicines are flooding our markets. I myself have had a harrowing experience when I bought a...
Indian people should now try to find out the truth about what has actually been happening in Kashmir. What else does anyone expect from Kashmiris...
This article has invoked memories from the 90s. I remember being taken for the identification parades by the army, being made to sit on the road...
Amit was one year my senior in Economics at JNU. His batch is one of the more illustrious one from those times at JNU. Sitaram Yechuri, needs no...