On wrong wavelength

Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …

Revisiting Gandhi in the age of social media

For the Mahatma, “science without humanity” was one of the "seven deadly sins", due to which, people could become slaves or victims …

Website review: Sleuthing for information

Nosy journalists are urged to take a dekko at this website of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The project is …

Privacy police: Total information awareness

The US congress is facing a key decision on the controversial Total Information Awareness programme. The programme seeks to construct and put …

Survey: Making waves

While it is known that radio reaches about 90 per cent of India's population, what is new -- and good news -- is that it is an extremely …

Very fat bill: Obesity Research

64 per cent of Americans are obese. This is costing the nation a pretty weighty penny. According to the study -- State-Level Estimates of Annual …

A silver lining: Quotes from the earth

Till very recently, it was taken for granted in India that film festivals were avenues, which encouraged critical voices. Selection committees …

NCERT textbook: An excercise in multi-culturalism

The new National Council of Educational Research and Training (ncert) textbook on mathematics for class 1 is a welcome change from the earlier …

Balarama Digest: Kid stuff?

If you think free publicity, like 'free lunch', is a no-no in this newly liberalised world of ours, you have got it all wrong. Take a dekko at …

Simply Put: On leave

US media manufactures consent, report

Media associations join hands

Media associations join hands

Cyber threats as art

News Snippets

Kenya to publish in Sheng

Iranian police crack down on bookshops

Musical critiques US corporations

US children stage play on Iraq

Morrison's song to tune in climate change campaign

24-hour pan-African news channel all set to launch

I&B ministry to amend rule on employing foreigners in Indian media

Text in time of war

From Bowels of Lebanon

Freelance charter

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