The Hindu has reported that the Satyam group has been handled with kid gloves while Eenadu boss Ramoji Rao was given a harsher treatment. Read it here.

The 26 November terror attacks on/in Mumbai have triggered a fascination with technology. An earlier post (link) examined how the print news media and the security technology industry came together to promote products and services. And security products and services companies have used the raised salience of terrorism to promote their products (link). Technology it [...]

…the US financial crisis, Palin vs Indira Gandhi (with regard to feminism), liberals, and everything under the sun… Off topic for this site but, given the timeliness of the topics and the fact that he does not hesitate to speak his mind, he makes for compelling listening — even if you don’t agree with him. [...]

Ask the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. Via Shivam Vij and Kashmir

Some funnies from Indian media

Summary: Chandrabhan Prasad of the Pioneer advocates capitalism as solution for Dalit emancipation; CNN-IBN reports Dalits have it easier to obtain water in Bundelkhand; murder of Dalit in Karnataka adds to caste wars; Adopt capitalism Daily Pioneer – New Delhi,India Last week I happened to meet and converse with an elderly Dalit who knew me [...]

I was invited by Al Jazeera English’s magazine show Listening Post to comment on the media industry boom 14 Dec, 2007 (Scroll over to timecode 7:25). The issue up for discussion on the show was India’s burgeoning print media industry. My position, based on my longitudinal research in this area, is that news media (print and television) reflects [...]

Sham Lal was a brand name in journalism The Times of India (February 24) did itself proud by devoting the entire editorial page of the day to the life and times of Sham Lal, its longest-serving editor (1967-1978) who passed away a day earlier. It is just as well that it did so considering that [...]

Courage in journalism By Rahimullah Yusufzai Journalist Hayatullah Khan has received a number of awards following his murder in his native Mir Ali in North Waziristan tribal agency on June 16, 2006. The almost unknown reporter working in a remote part of the country has become a minor celebrity in death. Read here