Media, reader’s choice and sensationalism


Let it be a news story or otherwise, writers write to put in the picture of various stories. Such stories can entertain, inform, upset or enliven the audience. But, the writings that we come across in the media nowadays are often formulaic. Whether it’s the consistent presence of sex scenes or the tendency to chooseContinue reading “Media, reader’s choice and sensationalism”

Media personnel should know what IPC Section 228A is about


At times media as a whole and media personnel in general are becoming over enthusiastic in the matters concerning the identity of the victim of certain offences, forgetting the very fact that there is a vast difference between the convicted and the accused. Section 228A of IPC is relevant in this matter. Each and everyContinue reading “Media personnel should know what IPC Section 228A is about”

Building city like Singapore Vs moulding people like Singaporeans


There is no doubt that both Chief Ministers of Telugu states have a dream to turn their respective capitals into a Singapore like city. A well-known quote of Gurajada Appa Rao goes like this: “Deshamante Matti Kadoi Deshamante Manushuloiii”, which when literally translated means, “A country is not about its soil but it is aboutContinue reading “Building city like Singapore Vs moulding people like Singaporeans”