‘Hard news’ TRIUMPHS over ‘Soft news’

It’s not just Indian news media going berserk over Rakhi Sawant. Paris Hilton the hollywood sister of Rakhi Sawant has been stealing the limelight since a long time in US news.
In India pg3 became pg1 in the last two years,while this trend began in US long time ago. 
While many succumb to this trend,on June 26, 2007, near the beginning of [...]

PODBHARTI

Maharashtra based blogger duo Debashish Chakrabarty and Shashi Singh have launched Podbharti www.podbharti.com , India’s first pure Hindi Podzine targeted towards Hindi audience in India and abroad, and providing a comprehensive coverage of News & Views about Indian language blogging, Tools & Technology, Current Affairs and the Entertainment Industry.

Podbharti.com also declared a partnership with the [...]

Radio makes noice

Lodestar Universal Labcentre, strategic media solution partners to Radio City 91.1FM bagged the Gold for Radio City ‘Good Morning Bangalore’ in the ‘Best Media Strategy – Media/Media Property’ category at the EMVIES 2007.
The EMVIES has gained not only in popularity but also come to be recognized as one of the most coveted awards amongst [...]

New era of journalism

Gone are the days when marketing heads thought twice, before stepping into the editors room
These days marketing heads dictate the rules of the game
While editors follow suit;
Thats not all coz editors too switch hats on and off
While one came from the management school; the other from the old school of journalism
While the later has lost control, the dictator [...]

THE ECONOMIST STYLE GUIDE

Hey folks,
Below is the link to The Economist Style book.Hope you will enjoy reading it as much as I did.
http://www.economist.com/research/styleGuide/index.cfm

Harry Potter Mania and My ignorance

Tommorow is the D day for all Harry Potter fanatics. The official release of the last book in the series started in the year 1997 by J.K.Rowling. Several sites, including the BitTorrent file-sharing site Pirate Bay, have displayed photos in the past two days that posters claim to be all of the pages of Harry Potter [...]

ON THE LOT

Reality Reality TV shows can be profound yet appealing.On the Lot : latest reality TV show on air (Star World) holds on to this promise. Its unique format gives aspiring amateur filmmakers a platform to showcase their work. On the Lot is produced by Spielberg.   While US introduced Indians to the world of reality TV shows with [...]

Shantaram:An Epic

For someone who likes to read novels written either by Indian authors or stories that have something related to India this book was a perfect fit. Shantaram-don’t go by the name like I did, mistaken it to be written by an Indian author. Apparently it is written by an Australian born writer or a former mafia: [...]

When Anuradha Sengupta met Sivaji

Ever since Rajnikant’s latest flick ‘Sivaji’ has made its foray into the theatres of India, media has been going ga ga over his iconic status and his fanbase. He has been compared to Big B. Rajnikant the brand has been written and Rajnikant the man himself is talked about.  Amidst this positive and hyped reviews [...]

A rendezvous with Robert Chua

I have been waiting to upload this write-up since a long time. Finally I can now have this on my blog…
I happen to meet the the founder and CEO of The Interactive Channel-Robert Chua. Initially I had no clue about him but his name did excite me….lol.
 It was during his session on interactive tv  that I [...]