Shefali Vasudev : Articles

BY Shefali Vasudev| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/04/2002

What Is A Good Womens Magazine What Is A Good Womens Magazine? By Shefalee Vasudev Are women¿s magazines fulfilling mentors that enable us to become more capable women or do they make well-packaged "tokens" out of us? On a recent train journey back from Mumbai, I couldn¿t help noticing the undivided attention that the lady sitting next to..

Parliament pandemonium and the press

BY Shefali Vasudev| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |16/04/2002

Parliament pandemonium and the press Parliament pandemonium and the press A Hoot special report by Shefalee Vasudev Is the press guilty of perpetuating a consistent negative image of rowdy, screaming parliamentarians or is the Parliament truly a house of disorder, where the decibel level always drowns the debates? The Issue At the recent special session of Parliament convened on November..

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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.