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Mr.Sibal’s social media concerns
Mr.Sibal, Union Minister for IT and Communications, was quoted on two very interesting points by First Post a) Though the reach of social media is large, number who use it are limited. We are only...
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Mr.Sibal's social media concerns
Mr.Sibal, Union Minister for IT and Communications, was quoted on two very interesting points by First Post a) Though the reach of social media is large, number who use it are limited. We are only...
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Hornet’s Nest and all that…
The last post on the blog created quite a ruckus. Didn’t expect it to get so many views or be talked about so much. FirstPost.in had its top featured story on it – and with an extensive quote from this...
View ArticleDNA Column – Lulling women into false sense of security
I was so inspired by all those who wanted to ‘save’ women by ‘covering them up’ that I decided to apply that logic to other issues. The result is today’s DNA column. Open any newspaper and you will...
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Must Watch – Brokering News
Brokering News Brokering News is a documentary on the Paid News in India. The phenomenon has spread far and wide and permeates every aspect of news in India. For most of us working in the media, the...
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Tehelka Blog – The War: Brought to you Live, Tweet by Tweet
from this week i begin blogging on Tehelkablog …. the first of these is on the social media war between the Hamas and the Israel Defense Force (IDF) The Middle East crisis is as old as history....
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Tehelka Blog – Dear Government, Talk to Us!
My blog for Tehelka last week : There is a fabulous quote from the fantastic BBC comedy “Yes Minister“. It deals with ministers and their memoirs : “Any statement in a politician’s memoirs can...
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DNA Column – To achieve peace, show you are ready for war
My column in today’s DNA This is an old story that exists in many cultures in slightly varying forms. And, despite its folksy nature, it still holds lessons for today – be it in interpersonal conduct...
View ArticleIn Defence of Shah Rukh Khan…
Bites the hand that feeds him – screamed the headline on Firstpost.in on Shah Rukh Khan, reminding me of Sholay. Had discussed the film with my class this morning, and the film was kind of fresh. The...
View ArticleTehelka Blog – Manufacturing Consent – for the pardon of Sanjay Dutt
My Tehelka Blog on the calls to pardon Sanjay Dutt Ajmal Kasab had just turned 21 when he and his fellow band of terrorists attacked India on 26 November 2008. He was 18, when he began his descent into...
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PK controversy: Protest, but don’t be a pest
My column in the DNA on the 29th of December, It is that time of the year when publicity hungry groups go chasing movies they want to ban. Two years ago, it was those who wanted Vishwaroopam to be...
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Charlie Hebdo shootout: Assuaging bigots is not the answer
My blog on Charlie Hebdo shootings, in DNA on 8th January 2015 Is the price of offending nutcases, death? How far do you hold your silence? Who all are you supposed to be scared of? Can you really...
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News : The Future
The nature of truth has changed. From an era, where one looked at proof and evidence to discuss what was right and wrong, it moved almost seamlessly to one, where we look for news content that...
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ABP Blog : Fake News and MSM Crying Wolf
Main Stream Media, has to carry a lot of the responsibility for Fake News. As the media cries wolf, more often than not, it needs to revisit the fable to know what happened in the end. I write for ABP...
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#CobraPostSting : #MediaonSale What should the Government Do?
For most of us who have worked in the media, and then chosen to leave MSM, the sting by CobraPost was not a major surprise. What was surprising was the extent of the rot. What was considered to be...
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Newslaundry Column : Cobra Post Media for Sale – What should Regulators Do?
Cobra Post Media for Sale sting brought up some interesting, and entertaining videos. I am sure anyone who began watching it, saw it through with fascination. And, while many may outrage about the lack...
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CNBC TV18 column: Deep Fakes just complicated the Fake News Problem
Late last year an anonymous reddit user, @deepfakes, did something that got him banned from the platform that prides itself on free speech. He (or she) released a set of porn videos with the faces of...
View ArticleData Colonisation, Data Monopolies, and what can be done.
A few weeks ago, Mukesh Ambani, the richest Indian, and the Chairman of Reliance Industries, spoke about something that has been, hitherto, the province of academics, and the left. He called for an...
View ArticleCNBC TV18 Column : Twitter Banning Political Ads is not the answer to Fakes
This piece on Twitter banning Political Ads appeared on the 7th of November Last week, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced that the platform will not carry any paid political ads. He tweeted “We’ve made...
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Facebook & Twitter – two interpretations of Freedom
A few days ago Donald Trump, the President of the United States tweeted, as he usually does But, what was unusual was that twitter slapped a fact check label on this, that derailed the not very stable...
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