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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

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: When will the achhe din happen in Indian M&E? Posted on 31 Oct,2019 | under BLOGS On the second working day of this rather short post-Diwali week, here’s a question uppermost in our minds. If you wish to access the archives, please go to the Das Ka Dum tab on the website’s top navigation bar.   […]

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: If you and Shashi Tharoor are in the same room, who would use tougher words with each other? Posted on 30 Oct,2019 | under BLOGS We hope you had a good Diwali weekend. We are back with a new (short) week of questions for Dr Bhaskar Das as part of the Das ka Dum series. Our response to his response today: “Holy Cow, whattan answer!” […]

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: Which work better in media – family-owned or professionally run set-ups? Posted on 25 Oct,2019 | under BLOGS We end the week with an all-new question answered by Dr Bhaskar Das in the Das ka Dum series. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: Can you talk to us of a low in your career and as you look back, how would you have handled the issue differently? Posted on 24 Oct,2019 | under BLOGS An all-new question answered by Dr Bhaskar Das in the Das ka Dum series. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: You have been into hardcore sales for most of your professional career. And then you went on to do a Ph D. And not one, but two. Isn’t a bit of a contradiction – the ‘saleoo’ & the ‘gyaani’? Posted on 23 Oct,2019 | under BLOGS Yet another provocative question we have asked Dr Bhaskar Das in the Das ka Dum series. Read on…