B G Verghese : Articles

Lakshmi Jain instituted the Chameli Devi Award

BY B G Verghese| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |16/11/2010

So Lakshmi learnt early about the importance of free speech and media freedom as he joined the Quit India struggle. This was to be a lasting influence on his life.

¿Telling it as it is¿

BY B G Verghese| IN OPINION |07/11/2009

Prabhash Joshi reported from the field, mixing with high and low, and wrote a regular column in Jansatta...telling it as it is, focussing on values, principles and the lives and wellbeing of ordinary people.

Remembering G S Bhargava

BY B G Verghese| IN OPINION |03/10/2009

His main interests lay in the fields of political affairs, external relations and security, and he wrote editorials, columns, and books on this topic.

Protecting editors

BY B G Verghese| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/07/2008

Mr Akbar and Mr Kalbag did not formally represent their cases as perceived by them. Nor did the respective managements offer any explanation to the readers for the sudden editorial changes at the top.

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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.