PRIVAT GIRI : Articles

Trivialising the lingerie issue

BY PRIVAT GIRI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |29/05/2013

A panel discussion on NDTV brushed aside a Mumbai corporator's concerns about lingerie displays.

Propaganda, new media and racism

BY PRIVAT GIRI| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/11/2012

In the matter of the exodus of the north-east people, as important as safeguarding the cogency of the idea of free flow of information, is recognising and discreetly annihilating racial ideology from Indian society,

Unexplored potential of CR

BY PRIVAT GIRI| IN COMMUNITY MEDIA |08/05/2012

As on, November 2011, there are 121 functional community radio stations in India of which the north-east operates only two.

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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.