Lalita Sridhar : Articles

BY Lalita Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |11/06/2002

No kidding No kidding Our coffee tables are now the easiest place to find what our children do not get in school - lessons in sex which are anything but an education.</synopsis> By Lalitha Sridhar Is there anything in our social structure that prepares our children for the sexually explicit messages they see in mainstream Indian media?..

Mani Ratnams problematic take on adoption

BY Lalita Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |03/05/2002

Mani Ratnams problematic take on adoption Mani Ratnams problematic take on adoption The noted filmmaker has taken up the subject of adoption only to orphan it at the altar of commercial concerns. By Lalitha Sridhar Mani Ratnam`s newest film "Kannathil Muthamittal" (loosely translated, a kiss on the cheek) is anything but. The noted filmmaker has taken up the subject of..

The ungreat Indian middle class and other stories

BY Lalita Sridhar| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |23/04/2002

The ungreat Indian middle class and other stories The ungreat Indian middle class and other stories There are three things that the English liberal media in India abhors with a vengeance: majority Hindus, upper-caste Brahmins, burgeoning middle-class. There are three things that the English liberal media in India abhors with a vengeance. They come in no particular order and the..

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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.