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Inordinate interest in Balochistan—Part I

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |30/09/2006

Media responses in India on Nawab Bugti’s death reflected India’s sense that Pakistan was being hoist on its own petard in Balochistan.

Inordinate interest in Balochistan—Part II

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |30/09/2006

Indian media justly highlighted Pakistani shortcomings but India`s role in sustaining a symbiosis of suspicion and hate was seldom mentioned.

Jagran and Nawai-e-Waqt stoke paranoia

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |08/03/2006

The Jagran analysis reiterated an old idea that India is a soft state that panders to its minority community. Indo-Pak monitoring--Part I

‘Regulating the Taste of People’

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |11/01/2006

PEMRA`s edict demonstrates that the free flow of information remains as much of a chimera in the global village as it did in a pre-24/7 media era.

Delhi’s 29/10’: terror in the capital

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |07/11/2005

The emphasis seemed to be on global solidarity rather than on reporting voices of the affected in that area.

‘Swords into shovels’ Part I

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |03/11/2005

`Swords into shovels`: some North American media responses to the South Asian earthquake

‘Swords into shovels’ part II

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |03/11/2005

The war on terror is conflated with the war against nature and aid becomes a substitute for earlier commando-style raids against terrorists.

CNN explores the ‘Path to Peace’

BY subarno c| IN MEDIA MONITORING |29/09/2005

The two-hour special was silent on post-Independence riots. Perhaps the ‘path to peace’ with a Muslim neighbour requires a certain degree of amnesia about Muslims within India.

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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.