Who is Gautam Adhikari in Times of India?
Times of India’s Gautam Adhikari hit the readers hard through his write-up “Where We Stand” dated January 15.
His Op-ed, I believe, was unnecessary and totally uncalled for; more so, for it targeted the readers.
Peeved at a power point presentation on the web, expressing the fury of some readers for publishing an [...]
Filed under: Media | 4 Comments »
My friend Sanjay Jha, a journalist with the prestigious British newspaper The Guardian, is making a documentary for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).
He says the new documentary can be an interesting case study if more and more Indian families choose to participate.
“I just concluded a 4-episode programme for BBC wherein we invited six British shoppers [...]
Filed under: You | No Comments »
New Delhi: 11th January, 2008: The occasion was release of the revised version of a book ‘Divided We Stand’.
Revised version? Yes. But, why? To this, there was no valid justification – neither from the authors nor by the publisher. Instead, they had mechanical smile on their faces.
Couldn’t the authors - Paranjoy Guha Thakurta and Shankar Raghuraman - find [...]
Filed under: India Politics | 3 Comments »
New Delhi: 10th January 2008: One lakh rupees or one hundred thousand rupees. That is the cost of Nano – billed as the world’s cheapest car.
“Affordable,” you will put it? “Yeah, cute,” others might say! “Wow,” girls would gaze. Common man, however, has to still dream about it.
When Tata Motors unveiled Nano at the 9th Auto [...]
Filed under: India Business | 15 Comments »
New Delhi: 3rd January 2008: It was Kiran Bedi’s first press conference after voluntarily retiring from the Indian Police Service, two years ahead of her superannuation. And I was excited to meet her.
On my way to the Press Club of India, where the press meet was planned, I kept thinking about Bedi’s illustrious career — the accomplishments & the controversies.
How could [...]
Filed under: India Law & Order | 7 Comments »
