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The Insurrection & The Media Posted on 11 Jan,2021 | under BLOGS Brian Wieser on the impact of US Capitol Insurrection last week on the media

Ranjona Banerji: Bad Publicity for the Big 2 Posted on 11 Dec,2020 | under BLOGS If the protesting farmers were part of a Hindutva rightwing group demanding retraction of freedom of expression, most corporations would have caved in without a fight, writes Ranjona Banerji

Comment | Sanjeev Kotnala: Is Tanishq on a Hat-trick of Taking Down Ads? Posted on 10 Nov,2020 | under ADVERTISING Tanishq, like every other brand and organisation, is a social entity and by definition, needs to be exceptionally sensitive to the ecosystem it operates in, writes Sanjeev Kotnala

Prabhakar Mundkur: While the world is rising for unity, are we digressing? Posted on 13 Oct,2020 | under ADVERTISING By Prabhakar Mundkur   2020 is a year of huge upheavals not only because of Covid, but because of the huge social uprisings for unity.   The killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man in Minneapolis, by the police […]

Ranjona Banerji: Salaam, Salute & a Big Shout Out to Quality Journalism Posted on 28 Aug,2020 | under BLOGS In between all the rubbish over the death of Sushant Singh Rajput on all TV channels or the constant vilification of Muslims or the acceptance that some of invented nonsense is actually some form of journalism, even if perverted, there is some real journalism going on, writes Ranjona Banerji

The Unfairness of It All Posted on 03 Jul,2020 | under ADVERTISING Is Unilever’s change of ‘Fair & Lovely’ to ‘Glow & Lovely’ merely cosmetic? And is the new name any good, asks Prabhakar Mundkur

Ranjona Banerji: For a profession in tatters, there’s some real work happening Posted on 01 May,2020 | under BLOGS Even as we mourn the terrible loss of two talented movie actors, the lives of the forgotten people also impact us, writes Ranjona Banerji

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: Do you also speak with your wife in a simple, simplified, uncomplicated way as you answer our questions? Posted on 07 Feb,2020 | under BLOGS Ha Ha, He He, Ha Ha. We know you are doing that just reading the question, but before you depress the button to read it, do remember that this is your daily destination for the most explosive and most real questions that an Indian media veteran has ever responded to. Without any further ado: Das ka Dum by Dr Bhaskar Das. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: Wouldn’t it have been better to get an honorary PhD? Less work on the thesis yet all the impact of being a ‘doctor’? Posted on 23 Jan,2020 | under BLOGS We reserve any further comment on the question. But we do have one on the answer. In one word: super. Without further ado, Das ka Dum by Dr Bhaskar Das. Enjoy

Shruti Pushkarna: Are there hints of hypocrisy underneath the dissenting voices? Posted on 20 Dec,2019 | under BLOGS How can the political capital of the country, the news hub of India, witness such a media blackout at the behest of politicians’ will, asks Shruti Pushkarna in the first of a new fortnightly column

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: On Saturday, every news entity was caught napping on the political twist in Maharashtra. Does this mean that newswallahs do not have their ears to the ground? Posted on 25 Nov,2019 | under BLOGS For those even with the remotest interest in news, the weekend was hilarious. Well, more because everyone was caught napping… politicians, pundits and journalists tracking the business. So we thought, we will pose a question on the issue to our every own Wizard with Words. Presenting Dr Bhaskar Das in Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das So what you do on a holiday… in your free time? What does your typical non-working Saturday-Sunday look like? Posted on 01 Nov,2019 | under BLOGS As we end yet another week of Q&As with Dr Bhaskar Das, we ask him a soft question – but perhaps something a lot of people may be wanting to know