Media Crooks

Hasta La Teesta... Baby!

2012-02-12T00:30:00.000+05:30

In the famous action movie ‘DieHard’ John Mclane’s wife isn’t sure if he’s dead or alive after another round of battle with the terrorists. Karl, one of the terrorists, then walks into the hostage-holding area raving mad, screaming and smashing everything in sight. She then whispers to a colleague “he’s still alive”. To the puzzled colleague she whispers her reasoning “Only John can drive

General V.K.Singh - With Honours

2012-02-10T19:21:00.003+05:30

The Supreme Court today disposed of a petition filed by Army Chief V.K.Singh on the matter concerning his age. The govt had decided to go by records which had his year of birth as 1950 while other records had it as 1951. This meant that he would have to retire in May 2012 while 1951 would have meant retiring in 2013. Why the case landed up in the SC is a sorry story which is consistent with

The Messiah's Transmitters

2012-02-07T08:30:00.000+05:30

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122 Reasons To Cheer

2012-02-04T06:00:00.000+05:30

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Modi - The Real Game-Changer

2012-02-01T23:30:00.000+05:30

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MoronGiri From Jaipur Litfest

2012-01-27T15:16:00.000+05:30

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Loonies In The Box

2012-01-24T19:02:00.002+05:30

I haven’t read any book by Chetan Bhagat for the simple reason that no one has gifted me any of his books. I have no intention of buying one either. Well, I’ve made my “position” on the issue clear and I doubt I would bother reading highly intellectual stuff. That should satisfy Arnab Goswami. “You are either with this absurdity that is going on or against it”. What’s your position? That is

Backdoor Sharia

2012-01-17T16:57:00.000+05:30

Come election season and the skillfully engineered controversies surface; particularly where it concerns the minority community. It has come to such a pass that people largely do not think of Parsis, Jews, Sikhs or even Christians as minorities. Minority is now consistently understood to mean ‘muslims’. All fake arguments by politicians and media in defining minorities any other way can now be

Rahul Gandhi - The King Of Comedy

2012-01-12T08:10:00.003+05:30

The following lines from the movie ‘The American President’ are some of my most favourite when it comes to describing gullible people: An aide remarks in very harsh terms: “…Mr. President, and in the absence of genuine leadership, they'll listen to anyone who steps up to the microphone. They want leadership. They're so thirsty for it they'll crawl through the desert toward a mirage, and

Relax, It's Just Six Losses In A Row, Not 17..

2012-01-08T15:38:00.001+05:30

There cannot be anything bad about a sporting event. Win strongly or lose badly sporting events are always good unless tainted by drugs, fixing or outright cheating. It’s only the screaming headlines in the media that often make it out to be more than sports. Coupled with silly headlines are the endless and mindless discussions on TV channels about Cricket. For a long time all cricket matches

Media's Mask Of Morality

2012-01-06T06:00:00.000+05:30

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When Power Triumphs Conscience

2012-01-02T08:21:00.000+05:30

Late night on December 29 when Chandan Mitra was speaking in the Rajya Sabha he was interrupted quite a number of times. He couldn’t finish his say and was cut off by the Chairman of the house. Following which Kripal Yadav talked for quite a while. And when SoreThroat Narayanasamy started his prolonged reply it was pretty clear to observers where events were heading. The drama that followed

Media Loses Vote In LS, Battle On Streets

2011-12-29T12:07:00.000+05:30

On the evening of December 27 one should have watched the faces of Rajdeep Sardesai and Barkha Dutt. The vote to amend the Constitution for Lokpal’s status was just complete and the channels had more or less reported it ‘through’ but frantically seeking a confirmation because there was some ruckus on in parliament. Opposition leader, Sushma Swaraj, then pointed out to the Speaker that the

Most Frivolous Media Campaign Of 2011

2011-12-25T12:30:00.001+05:30

Even the most badly made documentary film is acceptable if it helps reveal some facts and realities that surround us. News channels should be doing that, but instead it has become a trend to launch meaningless campaigns. Some of these campaigns are simply senseless, totally bankrupt of logic and the channels will keep patting themselves on their backs for having created a miracle. There are

India's Worst TV Panellists

2011-12-23T09:42:00.001+05:30

If you haven’t watched this particular episode of the CNN show ‘Crossfire’ I recommend that you do. It was the American version of Left and Right which made the unfortunate mistake of inviting film actor and satirist Jon Stewart as guest. Stewart not only exposed the hacks but accused the hosts of dividing the country with their mindless ‘theatre’ and ridiculed them so badly that the show had

Infamous Five & The Freedom Of Screech

2011-12-21T09:59:00.002+05:30

From: The Sunday Guardian It is over a year since the post “India’s worst journalists” was made here but it continues to remain a popular one. Some of the names from that post have dropped off the journalistic depths they once occupied and aren’t as active lately – Vir Sanghvi, Suzy Roy, Prannoy Roy. However, where TV is concerned, there are five who have made sure nobody uproots them from

Rahul Gandhi's Truth-O-Meter

2011-12-17T11:52:00.000+05:30

Politifact is US based web-magazine that fact-checks the utterances of key politicians and public figures. It also has a ‘Truth-O-Meter’ that measures the truthfulness or falsehood of the statements made by such public figures. If you haven’t given it a look earlier I encourage you to do so. The Truth-O-Meter is a registered trademark but this once I will use their meter for my favourite

Excessive Secularism As Dangerous As Religious Fundamentalism

2011-12-14T09:52:00.003+05:30

The title of this post actually appeared in a news report. The statement is an important one but it will be buried in those corners where reality is usually buried. It is borrowed from Mark Tully, the British journalist who is as much Indian in spirit as any other. It is a statement he made at a launch function for his book ‘Non-stop India’ at Chennai on December 14. Here’s the full quote from

To Kapil Sibal, With Love - Deep Throat

2011-12-12T18:37:00.002+05:30

In a couple of days from now (on December 15) Kapil Sibal is scheduled to hold a round-table conference with Internet giants Google, Facebook, Microsoft and maybe some more. Let’s just call these companies ISPs. Sibal’s stated purpose is have these companies develop new guidelines that will keep obscene and abusive content off the internet. He also has problems with such content being posted

How Indian MSM Blacked-out Sibal's Grand Scheme

2011-12-08T11:21:00.001+05:30

It is hard to imagine that almost a whole generation of kids in Kashmir may have grown up without watching a movie in a cinema theatre. That is what religious extremism brings about. The Kashmiri Hurriyat separatist leader, Syed Geelani, even considers it “immoral” to watch movies. No wonder kids in the valley find stone-pelting such a thrilling and rewarding experience. Geelani is not the

CNN-IBN - The Dirty Awards

2011-12-01T12:07:00.001+05:30

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Mad As Hell - A Slap In Time, Saves Nine

2011-11-29T09:56:00.001+05:30

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NDTV - Malice Is Back

2011-11-26T15:25:00.001+05:30

So after lying low for quite a while Alice is back. And I suppose there is no one better who could explain the violence or chaos in our modern times. Well, that’s not me but Barkha Dutt talking. In her latest post in Hindustan Times she gets Alice from wonderland to explain ‘Why this Kolaveri Di’. I would have thought the popular Tanglish song Kolaveri would have explained the slap that Sharad

Vanity Of The Defamers

2011-11-21T09:54:00.001+05:30

The media is up in arms against the Supreme Court decision not to interfere in the proceedings of a defamation case against TimesNow by former Justice P.B. Sawant. The ruling requires TimesNow to deposit an amount of 20crores and a bank guarantee of 80crores with the Bombay High Court to hear an appeal against a lower court’s order in Pune which awarded the 100crore defamation to Justice

Media Crooks

Hasta La Teesta... Baby!

General V.K.Singh - With Honours

The Messiah's Transmitters

122 Reasons To Cheer

Modi - The Real Game-Changer

MoronGiri From Jaipur Litfest

Loonies In The Box

Backdoor Sharia

Rahul Gandhi - The King Of Comedy

Relax, It's Just Six Losses In A Row, Not 17..

Media's Mask Of Morality

When Power Triumphs Conscience

Media Loses Vote In LS, Battle On Streets

Most Frivolous Media Campaign Of 2011

India's Worst TV Panellists

Infamous Five & The Freedom Of Screech

Rahul Gandhi's Truth-O-Meter

Excessive Secularism As Dangerous As Religious Fundamentalism

To Kapil Sibal, With Love - Deep Throat

How Indian MSM Blacked-out Sibal's Grand Scheme

Sponsored Fear

CNN-IBN - The Dirty Awards

Mad As Hell - A Slap In Time, Saves Nine

NDTV - Malice Is Back

Vanity Of The Defamers