The outgoing chief justice of the Supreme Court, in spite of the allegations made by his own colleagues that he was partial, showed exemplary courage by coming up with judgments of major issues that were pending for long. In the last six months of his tenure, he was part of landmark judgments on UDA...
The 12 digit “unique” identification number – Aadhaar – has finally been ruled as “constitutionally valid” by the Supreme Court. The petitions – 31 of them – challenging its constitutional validity on grounds of privacy have been dismissed after a prolonged hearing of 38 days before ...
The coverage by the Indian news media is increasingly becoming morbid. Children beating up their parents and driving them out of the house; ruffians lynching people on mere grounds of suspicion; communal riots; murders and rapes; political hatred – these seem to be the staple food of the media tod...
God could not save its own country...Humans, over the years, have destroyed its pristine nature despite all warnings - Madhav Gadgil et al. Over 400 people have died; numerous dams have burst; rivers have changed courses; airports have closed; and boats are the only mode of transport in cities....
The Department of Telecom-munications (DoT) of the Government of India has sent a note recently to the service providers like Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodaphone and BSNL to find out ways how to ‘block’ social media apps like Facebook and Whatsapp. The industry, however, has reacted sharply saying t...
The media has always enjoyed describing the conquests of Imran Khan as a playboy, along with his victories in the cricket field. He brought the World Cup to Pakistan in 1992 and married three times, the last being early this year. His joining politics 22 years ago was never taken seriously; yet now,...
Media encourages controversies, the latest being the government’s tag “institution of eminence” added to Jio University, which physically does not exist. A Twitter mention of the HRD Minister of Jio University - along with BITS Pilani and Manipal - of achieving the eminence tag created all&nbs...
China is a country where the media is not free. But one cannot but appreciate the way how the People’s Republic of China handled a group of 20 international journalists invited to visit Xinjiang to feel for themselves and then write about their ambitious project of reconstructing the Silk Route.In...
Afghanistan, according to a global survey, is the most dangerous place for journalists. Eight journalists were killed last year. World over, democracy is at stake; so are the journalists. In India, too, death of a journalist is becoming common.Gouri Lankesh was a victim last year; but her assai...
The newly elected chief minister of Karnataka, HD Kumaraswamy is by profession a film producer. His wife is a film actor. Film and politics, especially in the southern states, are very closely interlinked. The former chief minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalitha, was a film actress. So was Andhra Prades...
