Ajai Kumar : Articles

BY Ajai Kumar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |06/06/2002

Covering Bihars wedding of the year Covering Bihars wedding of the year. The focus of all these newspapers were the costly pandal, delicious foods and the cooks brought from different cities. They were less concerned about the expenditure incurred by this gala event. Ajay Kumar, Bihar Times "I haven`t seen any newspaper in my life time carrying such an..

The Media And Laloos Jail Yatra

BY Ajai Kumar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |16/04/2002

The Media And Laloos Jail Yatra The Media And Laloos Jail Yatra Former Bihar Chief Minister Laloo Prasad Yadav`s visit to Ranchi to surrender before the CBI Court in fodder scam case, became a major media event. For two days it appeared that some great leader was going to jail for a larger social goal like Gandhi’s..

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.