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Aamir Khan’s Satyamev Jayate – ‘sexing up’ a social aberration?

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Mon, May 07, 2012 2:33AM UTC View Comments

Aamir Khan’s maiden foray into the world of television as an anchor began on Sunday, May 6, on general entertainment channels – the entire bouquet of Star channels and Doordarshan – to enthusiastic response. In the social media, the programme created a storm. The first edition of the programme was mainly a summarisation of the...

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Twitter and the limits of social media as a news disseminator

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Tue, Mar 06, 2012 3:10AM UTC View Comments

Sometime after India’s national capital and its adjoining areas were rocked by a low intensity earthquake on March 5, a noted film director tweeted: Earthquake in Delhi at 1.11pm. Twitter swamped by 1.12pm. News channels reported by 1.30pm. Twitter better for News. One was not watching news channels at that time so would not know...

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India: Swami Agnivesh rejigs Big Boss, own persona

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Wed, Nov 09, 2011 4:08AM UTC View Comments

Having known Swami Agnivesh aka Shyam Vepa Rao for almost three decades – the first few of them with reverence and awe, I am surprised at one level. But on the other level Agnivesh’s decision is on expected lines. The decision is surprising because one hardly associates a man who has fought for the rights...

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Bombay to Delhi: The changing Indian media scene

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Sat, Nov 05, 2011 4:55AM UTC View Comments

When I was sixteen and half, I ran away with three hundred odd rupees in my pocket to what was then Bombay but is now called Mumbai. I did not land there to become a filmstar but because I wanted neither to be a doctor nor an engineer – options offered by my father. I...

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Indian media: Thumbs up or dumbing down?

By Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay Thu, Nov 03, 2011 4:59PM UTC View Comments

A wave of indignation is sweeping through India on all sides of the debate on the motion: ‘Most media professionals are of low intellectual caliber”. Two representative bodies – Editors’ Guild of India and Broadcast Editors’ Association – have condemned and deplored views of Press Council chairman, Markandey Katju. These opinions were first expressed in...

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