Geet: Rooted in the Tradition of Epic
Geet is a modern lyrical epic. What is very important to Anand’s epic is that he has picked up a subject for his epic, which is quite relevant to a...
National TV Media Finally Smell Petrichor: Kerala Bracing Up for More Trouble Ahead
Sad commentary on the media. One man’s death counted more than the lives of thousands. Misplaced priority? But who’s gonna tell that to a media sold to an idea,...
An Undeclared Emergency: Controlling Media from the 10th Floor
Television and the net media are making news, especially in the context of coverage given to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. It has been divulged by a fairly popular TV...
Modi-Shah Desperate to Muzzle Free Press before Lok Sabha Poll
The media situation in the country is precarious. At the national level, excepting one or two, most of the leading news channels managements are aligned with the ruling party...
Agenda of Taming Delhi Journalists
The liberal journalist is this regime’s No.2 enemy. And dividing the media is a work in progress. Some have been turned. Others are being targeted. Among the second lot...
Mountains and the Molehills: Nothing Exists Without a Comparison
Bill Clinton was dwelling on journalism in the United States where every time a ‘mountain’ on President Donald Trump rises to the top of the news, a ‘molehill’ about...
Disillusions of Worshipping False Gods
Arun Shourie in his journalistic heydays was not like Arnab Goswami. He recognised talent in young journalists and went out of his way to give them a chance. Today,...
Fake News: The Octopus in the Newsroom
The hard fact these days of impact journalism and paid news is that perception managers run newsrooms, not newspersons; and journalists get to become ‘made guys’ when they’re promoted...
Jeremy Irons Mesmerises in a Semi-Autobiographical Play
Long Day’s Journey into Night, currently being staged at Los Angeles, is a masterful rendition of Eugene O’Neill’s masterpiece about the human condition. The British cast is led by...
Bunch of Blooms: A Critical Analysis
Pankajam, a very prolific poet of high repute, standing in the garden of literature, with joy and pride, with her Bunch of Blooms, her eighth collection of poems tempts...