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#India- Tehelka – Sexual Assault – This is Rape No – 2 #Vaw

‘This is Rape Number Two’ ‘The rape of the values and the politics that Tehelka claims it stands for, and an affront to those who work there and who have supported it in the past. It is the hollowing out… Continue Reading →

#India – Media freedom under attack as govt supports ban on opinion polls #censorship

Anurag Batra on Sun, 11/10/2013 – 17:32 An insecure and anxious government always displays characteristics of becoming authoritarian, even in a democracy. When its power is being challenged and its fallacies being brought to light, such a government can be defensive and… Continue Reading →

Was ‘The Hindu’ instructed not to take stories on Narendra Modi on Page 1 ? #mustread

Yes, There Is Bitterness. ‘The Hindu’ Was On The Cusp Of Something Great: Varadarajan SHOUGAT DASGUPTA October 23, 2013 The sober, even reassuringly staid, national daily The Hindu has of late been making the news rather than reporting it. On October 21,… Continue Reading →

23 Shockingly Sexist Vintage Ads #feminism #Vaw #Media

    These ads were collected and posted by Oral Adams and introduced thus: Since the 1950s, a lot has changed in the way of women’s rights and their duties in and out of the house. I highly doubt any company could get… Continue Reading →

South Block lectures journalists on junket etiquette #mustread

Tripti Nath , Indian journalists traveling abroad as part of media delegations with the President, Vice President and Prime Minister are notorious for their unseemly behaviour. Haggling endlessly with shopkeepers, getting into drunken brawls, complaining about food or making a… Continue Reading →

Intelligence reporting or embedded journalism?

Why do spooks mostly feed us the apple-pie-cold-coffee stories instead of revealing information of the kind Gen Singh disclosed? Editors must get together to evolve a protocol for covering the intelligence beat says AJAZ ASHRAF Posted/Updated Monday, Sep 30, hoot.org Come to think… Continue Reading →

#India – How the Delhi gang-rape revealed the ugly truth about India’s journalists #mustread

By ROHAN VENKATARAMAKRISHNAN After a brutal gang-rape-murder that inspired not only protests and outrage but also a suicide, new legislation and a heightened awareness of the very nature of womanhood in India, all eyes ought to have been trained on the… Continue Reading →

#India – Anonymous account – On losing our jobs at Network 18 #Media

You suddenly realise how vulnerable you are. There is no grievance redressal system. Journalists have no unions. In fact, your editor has constantly mocked unions – he says that’s for those jholawalla leftists, that unions have no place in new… Continue Reading →

#India – Dalits in media feel the sting of caste discrimination #Racism #mustshare

  Ajaz Ashraf , First post   Dalit journalists believe caste-based discrimination and antagonism against them is pervasive in the mainstream media, both print and electronic. They say this phenomenon is more rampant in Hindi and other language media than in… Continue Reading →

#India – Radical Socialist Statement on Recent Rapes

Punish Rapists without Consideration of Identity. No Double standards. No Communalisation. No death Penalty. Make Homes, Public Places and Work Places Free from Sexual Harassments   Radical Socialist Statement on Recent Rapes Despite the tall claims of the politicians, two… Continue Reading →

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