FAHAD SHAH : Articles

Local media gagged, national news channels promoted

BY FAHAD SHAH| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |17/07/2016

It is routine for Delhi-based media houses to parachute journalists into Kashmir when there is a crisis, demonstrating mistrust of their local correspondents.

Using flood rescue for vested interests

BY FAHAD SHAH| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |17/09/2014

The army's rescue operations in Jammu & Kashmir are being used as propaganda to bolster India's image.

Can we express ourselves freely?No!

BY FAHAD SHAH| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |31/01/2013

That was the overwhelming response at a debate in the Jaipur Literature Festival,

The narrative of the native

BY FAHAD SHAH| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |01/08/2012

Aamir Bashir's Harud is a landmark film for it lets the Kashmiris tell their own story.

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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.