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Proud To Be An Indian : It is people who matter
I remember when ahmedabad was hit by major earthquake and my building had got demolished by brutal force of nature. All people living in my building were humbled by nature. Lives were lost , property was demolished. Help started pouring in from all quarters. People helped with time , even with money. Rich , poor , hindu , sikhs , muslims ,christians , jains , all contributed . Not just for us but for all effected in ahmedabad and in kutch. Another example of people’s generosity and humanity is example of gayatri devi. A freedom fighter fighting for her rights. As soon as CNN-IBN showed her plight , not just government but aam aadmi , NGOs and Big B stepped in to help her out. It was not charity but giving … Read entire article »
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Impactful Journalism
Since entrance of private players in news channels , the highly competitive field of news has many stories , sub stories which are shown as news. While many news do matter to India some are simply non news like rakhi sawant , dimpy ganguly , salman-katrina , dhoni’s new hair style and deepika’s new looks. They do matter to millions fans though but it makes least difference to how they are general India lives , earns. But news channels are 24 hour channels and have to show something. So above mentioned things can be said as fillers or spices needed to keep recipe right till main news comes into the arena. Having said that news channels have done some really good jobs too by keeping pressure on government , exposing scams of … Read entire article »
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Sonia Gandhi , Indian Media And Exclusives
Sonia gandhi rarely gives interview. During election campaign too she is more into rallies and less into giving interviews. But yesterday was bit different day. Yesterday after lot of hiccups finally woman reservation bill was passed by rajya sabha and sonia gandhi was delighted and gave interview to various news channels. Now three leading channels NDTV , CNN-IBN , TIMES NOW showed ‘Sonia gandhi speaks exclusively to ‘ program. Sonia gandhi didn’t believe in exclusively speaking to particular channel and wanted to be inclusive for all channels but all three said it was exclusive interview!!!!!!!!! News channels have highly competitive field and so such exclusives keep on coming. During election time , cnn-ibn declared itself to be most viewed channel on results of election day. NDTV soon did print ad on India Today … Read entire article »
Filed under: India & World, Indian Politics
