BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN OPINION |21/05/2016
Why does the media not question this antiquated ritual irrelevant to modern India rather than glorifying it with uncritical coverage?
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN OPINION |24/02/2016
Ravish Kumar’s histrionics on NDTV are well-received while other anchors are lampooned as dangerous rabble rousers.
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/06/2015
The British press has found that Greenpeace, besides its entertaining hyperbole, can also be misleadingly indulgent with facts.
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |19/12/2014
Rajdeep Sardesai talks darkly of media persecution under Modi.
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |24/09/2014
Secular liberals in the media don't realise that what seems "communal" to them - imagery, vocabulary, symbols - are merely the everyday idiolect of millions of Indians.
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN OPINION |10/09/2014
The Hindi press took the same stand as the English media on the Narendra Modi government's first 100 days in office, namely, measured praise.
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN OPINION |16/07/2014
With the odd exception, the commentaries on the budget in the Hindi daily newspapers conformed to their known partisan positions,
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN REGIONAL MEDIA |28/05/2014
So how did Hindi newspapers respond to the cabinet formation and what does it think of Team Modi?
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |18/03/2014
How was a move with significant repercussions for the nature of Indian bureaucracy, not subjected to critical scrutiny by the media?
BY ANAND VARDHAN| IN OPINION |21/02/2014
Editorial commentary in the Hindi press sought to read some of the subtexts and implications of Kejriwal's resignation â€" sometimes succinctly, sometimes not,
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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.                   

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.                 

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