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Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | It’s Janmashtami tomorrow. Any M&E-specific wish that you would like to make to the Lord? Posted on 10 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS Hello and Welcome to an all-new week of Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das. Once in a while, on the eve of a festival or public holiday, we ask a question around it. Like we did for today. Read on…

Podcast: The Crawling Baby is Walking Now! Posted on 10 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS Indian advertisers will follow global trends and podcast will emerge as an additional advertising option in the next

Ranjona Banerji: Media has turned into Party Propagandists Posted on 07 Aug,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Any other media anywhere else would have called for the resignation of the government… but not here, writes Ranjona Banerji

Death by On-Air Investigation Posted on 07 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS When political ideology enters other fields of public discourse and begins to influence the opinions there, we certainly have a reason to worry, writes Shailesh Kapoor

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | What is it that drives you to academic pursuits? We often think of taking that path, but just don’t get the time Posted on 07 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS It’s a Friday, and we ask a soft question to Dr Bhaskar Das. And sometimes a personal one. So without any further ado, presenting the August 7 edition of the Das ka Dum series. Read on…

He said, She said Posted on 06 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS The need for gender-responsible communication in the media is more pressing because we the public need to be routinised to it, writes Shashidhar Nanjundaiah

Avik Chattopadhyay: Am I “nationalistic” enough? Posted on 06 Aug,2020 | under AVIK CHATTOPADHYAY Society needs to understand and recognise the fundamental conceptual difference between being free and being independent, writes Avik Chattopadhyay

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | What do you think should creative agencies do to stay relevant given clients spends is bound to reduce? Posted on 06 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS The beauty (yes, that’s the right word) in doing the Das ka Dum series with BD is that he puts a philosophical spin to even the most straightforward of our questions. We thought he would give us a slightly controversial answer which we would then tweet tagging some agency gods. But with Bhaskarda, that’s near-impossible to achieve. So without any further ado, presenting the August 6 edition of the Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das series. Read on…

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | What would you say about a company that doesn’t pay its people on time… and this is even before the Lockdown? Posted on 05 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS In the world of the media business, there are many cases where staff is not paid on time. And this would happen even before the Covid-19 scare kicked in. So we asked this question to Dr Bhaskar Das as part of the Das ka Dum series. Read on…

Sanjeev Kotnala: Consultants must survive to fight another day Posted on 05 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS Vermajee looked at his notes on iPad and remembered the last conversation, and more, as related by Sanjeev Kotnala

Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das | Someone tweeted the other day: While Editorial is the voice of the people, the Advertisement signals the turning wheels of economic revival. Your view? Posted on 04 Aug,2020 | under COLUMNS If you see the original tweet, you’ll know it’s a follow-up to yesterday’s question. So if you missed it, read it here. So without further ado, here’s the August 4 edition of Das ka Dum with Dr Bhaskar Das. Read on…

Ranjona Banerji: Right and Wrong! Posted on 04 Aug,2020 | under MxM JOURNALISM REVIEW Indian newsrooms have worked hard over the past 12 or 13 years to demolish institutional memory of the Babri Masjid demolition, writes Ranjona Banerji