RANJONA BANERJI

Ranjona Banerji: In stupidity lies our future Posted on 20 Sep,2022 | under COLUMNS Anyone who objects to “development” projects is anti-India, anti-growth, anti-progress and so on, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: It’s the Emperor’s birthday… Posted on 16 Sep,2022 | under COLUMNS Who said that? Who said that? Get them out of here! We are not willing to have some divisive information on our channels, writes Ranjona Banerji as she ‘looks forward’ for the Big Day

Ranjona Banerji: Crowds, coaches, coffins & commentary Posted on 13 Sep,2022 | under COLUMNS The fire and fury post Queen Elizabeth II’s passing took up a lot of space, with fulminations, grief and a few small bits of dark humour, notes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Total collapse of journalism in the last 11 years Posted on 09 Sep,2022 | under COLUMNS In the past 11 years, we have collapsed in the press freedom rankings, we have seen journalists killed and jailed for taking on the powers that be, we have seen almost no solidarity for our targeted colleagues. Spaces for independent critical voices are shrinking. And so is our covenant with our reader and viewer, writes Ranjona Banerji

Ranjona Banerji: Everyone’s an expert on car safety! Posted on 06 Sep,2022 | under COLUMNS A media which has spent years building up the reputation of Ratan Tata as a veritable god, finds it cannot bring down a shibboleth of its own making, writes Ranjona Banerji

‘When Indian journalists are muzzled, India is diminished’ Posted on 02 Sep,2022 | under COLUMNS The Economist might as well have added “leash” to muzzle to complete the analogy, writes Ranjona Banerji

Stooges welcome. This is no country for journalists Posted on 30 Aug,2022 | under COLUMNS You can say what you like as long as it’s unmitigated praise of our rulers, writes Ranjona Banerji

Two views on the NDTV stake buy Posted on 26 Aug,2022 | under COLUMNS MxMIndia columnists Ranjona Banerji and Shailesh Kapoor on the Adani group acquiring ownership of the news network

Ranjona Banerji: How low is low for our news media? Posted on 19 Aug,2022 | under COLUMNS We also know this cowardly media will soon stop about the injustice and hop on to the next subject, which will be dictated to them from the BJP HQ, writes Ranjona Banerji

When I-Day celebrations were almost overshadowed…. Posted on 16 Aug,2022 | under COLUMNS … by the death of stockmarket investor & billionaire Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, notes Ranjona Banerji

Poverty, PM & Pretend Journalism Posted on 12 Aug,2022 | under COLUMNS People have starved, they have walked for miles without sustenance and where is the brave media, asks Ranjona Banerji

Sporting Encounters Posted on 09 Aug,2022 | under COLUMNS This tweet by javelinist Neeraj Chopra encapsulates how athletes play the game… with grace, dignity and sportsmanship, writes Ranjona Banerji