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• Date: Jul 21, 2008
The clouds of uncertainty hanging over the Lok Sabha have only been becoming murkier by the day. There is no one to furnish you with a clear picture because everyone who is either a stakeholder himself/herself or is physically keeping track of the goings-on, is not able to make much of the fast-changing equations – what we have, therefore, is a scenario that is perhaps as nebulous as it was when the game of alignments began.
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• Date: Apr 1, 2008
Did you know one plus one can make zero?
You didn't, you say?
OK, take these two gospel truths:
i) The Northeast does not quite make news in the Indian mainstream media
ii) Media owners are loathe to disseminate news items about journalists through their outlets.
Now take an incident which has these two incontrovertible truths as the background: the offices of many newspapers in Manipur and the state's only television channel were shut down on March 21 after threats to four journalists from an Islamist militant outfit.
No points for guessing, even if you are just Paanchvi Paas,...
• Date: Apr 1, 2008
Did you know one plus one can make zero?
You didn't, you say?
OK, take these two gospel truths:
i) The Northeast does not quite make news in the Indian mainstream media
ii) Media owners are loathe to disseminate news items about journalists through their outlets.
Now take an incident which has these two incontrovertible truths as the background: the offices of many newspapers in Manipur and the state's only television channel were shut down on March 21 after threats to four journalists from an Islamist militant outfit.
No points for guessing, even if you are just Paanchvi Paas,...
• Date: Apr 1, 2008
Did you know one plus one can make zero?
You didn't, you say?
OK, take these two gospel truths:
i) The Northeast does not quite make news in the Indian mainstream media
ii) Media owners are loathe to disseminate news items about journalists through their outlets.
Now take an incident which has these two incontrovertible truths as the background: the offices of many newspapers in Manipur and the state's only television channel were shut down on March 21 after threats to four journalists from an Islamist militant outfit.
No points for guessing, even if you are just Paanchvi Paas,...
• Date: Mar 11, 2008
The Times of India has issued an apology.
That's good news.
The bad news is that the apology has been buried in the 20th page of Sunday's edition. The info comes to me courtesy Utpal.
Here's what the paper had to say:
"An article in TimesLife ('Spa With a Difference', March 2) had an inadvertent mention that has upset our friends from the northeast. We clarify here that we have the utmost regard for them and their contribution to the country. We apologise for upsetting any feelings and wish to state that there was no intention to hurt any sentiments."
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• Date: Mar 11, 2008
The Times of India has issued an apology.
That's good news.
The bad news is that the apology has been buried in the 20th page of Sunday's edition. The info comes to me courtesy Utpal.
Here's what the paper had to say:
"An article in TimesLife ('Spa With a Difference', March 2) had an inadvertent mention that has upset our friends from the northeast. We clarify here that we have the utmost regard for them and their contribution to the country. We apologise for upsetting any feelings and wish to state that there was no intention to hurt any sentiments."
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• Date: Mar 7, 2008
Those of us who have more than a soft corner for the Northeast have been crying wolf since the day we stepped into journalism. We have been crying ourselves hoarse over the stepmotherly attitude of the Centre towards the region. And we have also been mincing no words about what we think of how the news media itself has been handling the Northeast.
Over the last few years the news media has shown some interest in the region. For whatever reason. Maybe people have matured. Maybe they have inculcated a sense of sensitivity over time. Maybe political correctness has rubbed on to the...
• Date: Mar 7, 2008
Those of us who have more than a soft corner for the Northeast have been crying wolf since the day we stepped into journalism. We have been crying ourselves hoarse over the stepmotherly attitude of the Centre towards the region. And we have also been mincing no words about what we think of how the news media itself has been handling the Northeast.
Over the last few years the news media has shown some interest in the region. For whatever reason. Maybe people have matured. Maybe they have inculcated a sense of sensitivity over time. Maybe political correctness has rubbed on to the...
• Date: Apr 20, 2007
HR is hot. HR is in. HR is everything, these days.
But most people do not know how to write it out.
The thing is human resources is always written like this. It is a noun which always takes the plural when meaning people's skills and abilities, seen as something that an organisation can make use of. It is never human resource.
However, when meaning a department in an organisation that deals with employing and training of people, both singular and plural can be used. Preferably the latter. But then it becomes more a question of...
• Date: Mar 29, 2007
There are certain mistakes that are not typos or oversights. The usage of violent mob is one. [I had an earlier take on this about angry mobs.]
A mob is always violent; there are no peaceful mobs. When the adjective that one is using to qualify a noun is embedded in the latter itself, the use of the adjective is redundant. You don't really talk of cold icecreams, do you? Usage of violent or angry mob is as stupid as that.
I found this in a CNN-IBN story (3 get life term for...
