Indian Media Bash Blog

This was in response to the write up on Narmada Dam.
There have been a lot of mails opposing Narmada dam and supporting it’s “cause celebre” Medha Patkar. While the ecological damage and the uprooted people cannot be measured in pure monetary terms, I believe that the media needs to take a hard look at [...]

They have been interviewed by Mid Day newspaper and the interview was published online. They later got interviewed by the Star News team which later chickened out and blocked the telecast the interview and the live karaoke of the Sutta song. At least, some people are courageous enough to carry over and complete the task! [...]

I sent my mail to The Pioneer and the mail was published subsequently in an “edited” version. The text of the email has been cross posted on Desi Critics.
The mail is as follows:
1) Here are some possible reasons why the nation is engaged in a debate on the topic of reservation in institutions of higher [...]

In ahemdabad very recentely there was opening of a very big store ,and the “press conference”was packed with reporters from “esteemed” newspaper like TOI, BS, ET like can of worms .Why???? because they were provided with heavy discount coupens.
this is india and this is the face of media which is swarming with so-called journos ready [...]

The debate has sharply polarised the groups between the haves and have nots. Predicatably, the professional heart bleeders have jumped to the cause of the “pro quota agitationists”. Media has exposed it’s biases by aligning with those in power.
All of them majorly agree that reservations is not the way out. The data on the [...]