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Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: In real life, are you a carefree, ‘BinDas’ person or a brave and bold ‘VirDas’ or a pensive ‘DevDas’ or a realistic-about-life ‘JankiDas’? Posted on 22 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS It’s a Friday, and we thought it would be good to have a fun question. Presenting: Dr Bhaskar Das in Das ka Dum. Read on…

Ranjona Banerji: The HuffPo Revelations… truly Pulitzer Prize-worthy Posted on 22 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW If Parliament and the Judiciary are hamstrung by their severe inadequacies or lack of will or gumption, the onus falls on the media and the people, writes Ranjona Banerji

The Big OTT Growth Story: Chapter 3 Posted on 22 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS The regular OTT audience universe in India is already bigger than the regular theatre-goers universe in India, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: Why play second-fiddle to CxOs who would’ve been in their chaddis when you were riding high? Posted on 21 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS Okay, today’s question is unfair. But the idea of ‘Das ka Dum’ is to ask all possible questions – including some that people may think are unfair. So without much ado, Dr Bhaskar Das in Das ka Dum. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: Does holding the Ad Club’s Marquees at the Prince of Wales Museum complex indicate that the winners are museum pieces? Posted on 20 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS Okay, today’s question is unfair. But sometimes good to needle BD, no? But his response is, as always, excellent. Without much ado, Dr Bhaskar Das in Das ka Dum. Read on…

A tea lover’s account of ‘An Extreme Love Of Coffee’… Posted on 20 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS … where Sanjeev Kotnala reviews Harish Bhat’s just-released An Extreme Love Of Coffee’

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: How do you compare the current crop of media leaders versus those who existed in the good old days? Posted on 19 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS Now will Dr Bhaskar Das speak out against the new generation of media leaders as he responds to today’s question in the Das ka Dum series? Read on…

Ranjona Banerji: Will anyone take HuffPost’s stunning expose on election funding controversies any further? Posted on 19 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW “The Huffington Post investigation makes clear the manner in which the BJP government pushed through its opaque funding scheme, in spite of all misgivings by the RBI and others, is a clear pointer to how corruption has been given a chance to flourish,” writes Ranjona Banerji

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: An ad agency which wins awards is considered hot and happening. What would you say is an agency that doesn’t win awards? Posted on 18 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS We start with yet another week of Q&As with with Dr Bhaskar Das as part of Das ka Dum. Enjohy

#MeToo India: A Year Later… Posted on 15 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS That Sony would actually go with Malik this season amazed me no ends, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das: If you have three hours to spare on a weekend, what would you do and why? Read a book, watch a movie, go for walk/run/swim or play Solitaire/Ludo on your iPad? Posted on 15 Nov,2019 | under COLUMNS After some serious questions posed earlier in the week, the second day of soft stuff in this Q&A series with Dr Bhaskar Das.

Ranjona Banerji: Propaganda UnLtd Posted on 14 Nov,2019 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW What we are looking at is BJP propaganda on the scale discussed during the Trump election or during Brexit, writes Ranjona Banerji