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Breaking News or Breaking Ethics?

When the mad race is on for the Television Rating Points among the television channels, the biggest casualty can be of media ethics. What else can one expect when 17 channels line for “one-on-one” interview with the anti-corruption leader Anna Hazare and each trying to outdo the other in their coverage of this man who has proved to be the biggest crowd puller and TRP getter?. This blatant violation of journalistic ethics was witnessed in Ralegan Siddhi on 13th September at the hands of the top editors of news channels who were indulging in a virtual tug-of-war as to who ...
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Anna to bowl another Googly

With several Member of Parliaments (MPs) cooling their heels in the jails on charges of corruption and many others waiting in the queue to enter the portals of Tihar jail, what transpired at the crucial Team Anna core committee meeting at Ralegan Siddhi on September 10 and 11 is likely to give shivers to the MPs who are already reeling from the tsunami of his Jan Lokpal Bill agitation which put the government on the back-foot. ...
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Corruption in Indian Politics – Corrupt Should fear Lokpal

Anna Hazare reveals why Lokpal is a must to fight corruption in Indian Politics, and why the government is shying away from it. Chandran Iyer gives a snapshot of Anna Hazare’s mind after a prolonged interaction. Since the existing bodies that deal with corruption either have no independence from the government or no teeth to put the independence to good use, the need for Lokpal has become all the more necessary. ...
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Was it an undemocratic protest?

India is progressing towards a participatory democracy rather than simply sticking to a representative democracy, say Neha Saluja & N. Sai Balaji The Arab world is enamoured with its new found love for democracy. A self-immolation of a vegetable vendor in Tunisia sparked a nationwide revolt. People took to streets, protested against autocracy and voiced their concerns. Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, reviled for his dictatorial ways, was confounded and swamped by demands for reforms. Ultimately, people’s power got the better of his tyrannical rule, and he was booted out of office.  Soon, hope mustered confidence in rest ...
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Its a Beginning of a Beginning

The snobbery of intellectual writers and insensitivity of the political class comes as a shame at this defining moment in our country’s history. Let’s show some respect to this mass awakening, so essential for a vibrant democracy and a pro-active citizenry, appeals Vinita Deshmukh. Propagators of mass hysteria and mobocracy have one thing in common-they refuse to get out of their mindset and understand the new wave of mass participation, so essential for a vibrant democracy, that is now sweeping across the country. They have to realise that the printed word in newspapers or the debates on TV channels, are ...
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Be National, Think Global

 Ex-IITian and currently, a politician. Mr. Manohar Parrikar has more shades than merely his political presence in Goa. Aaishwari Chouhan gets him talking about the issues close to his heart.  “Some officers are virtually corroding the state.”  Sitting in his office at the Legislative Assembly, the first leader from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Goa, and also, the first IIT graduate to become the Chief Minister for any Indian state, Mr. Manohar Parrikar keeps a constant look at his watch to avoid being delayed for his next scheduled appointment. Being awarded with the Distinguished Alumnus Award by IIT Bombay ...
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I am NOT Going the Anna Way

Chaitanya Chinchlikar hauls attention on the not- so- necessary outcomes of Jan Lokpal bill and to redeem RTI bill in a stronger way. Jan lokpal bill – Is it needed? Possibly yes. As we have seen what the lokayukta has achieved in the many states that it exists, maybe a lokpal is needed at the centre as a parallel redressal cell to the government system for the common man. We don’t know how many people marching on the streets or shirking work and chilling out at Ramlila grounds have read all the four drafts of the lokpal bills. Well I ...
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RTI propels good governance

The RTI act has brewed a quiet social revolution and played a vital role in the governance of the country, reports Vinita Deshmukh. The first taste I got of the power of the Right To Information Act, was a year or two before the National RTI Act was implemented on October 12, 2005. At that time the Maharashtra RTI Act was already in place (since 2003). A prisoner in the Yerawada Central Prison who was serving a life sentence for murder but was kept in the Open Jail for his good conduct, invoked the RTI Act when he was shifted ...
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1947 Earth

As we embark upon the 65th year of Indian independence, Dr. Lopamudra Maitra pays a tribute to the many memories that were a witness to the year’s historical incidents- the day of independence, the partition, the riots as well as the carefree memories A prompt and positive response to a query for a specific theme of movies at a local DVD store in Kolkata left me surprised. Though the question was simple- an enquiry about collection of Indian films with a theme of the year of Indian independence- 1947, I was not expecting the answer to be simplistic. What followed ...
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A tale of two Rajas

K. Srinivasan draws a parallel between a greedy minister and a benevolent royal of yore, who through their contrasting deeds, have been the cynosure of media eye.  In recent days, two Rajas are mostly spoken about in print and TV. The first Raja is our ‘spectrum’ infamy Andimuthu Raja, who is now an inmate of the Tihar Jail. The second Raja is the Travancore Maharaja Marthanda Varma and his descendants. What is the similarity, or difference between these two Rajas? Spectrum Raja allegedly misused his public office, usurped the properties of others and amassed huge wealth. The other is Marthanda ...
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