Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
The Day has arrived. And after an extensive search through Indian blogdom – this week’s Bharateeya Blog Mela is finally in place. Thank you for all those who nominated. And as usual, this task would have been chaotic without Bloglines. Announcements JK…
From todays’ media and entertainment section of the Economic Times: Karisma-Sunjay split wide open I am sure that this news has a direct link to the economy and the performance of media and entertainment in India.
…. ouch a yawn. I loved the KBC promotions. The rap featuring Bachchan – don’t lose hope is the moral of the story was entertainment at its best. If the purpose was to get audiences to tune it – it worked. It’s…
The Mumbai Mirror has replaced the ToI as my favourite Loo read. From this mornings’ Mumbai Mirror online (front page), the link reads – Ask the Sexpert : * I have never had extramarital sex. Recently, I started flirting with our housemaid….
…. reads the headline. The story reads: I’ve nothing to say about an association that ended for me a long time ago,” says Aishwarya Rai “I cannot comment on any of the content in the tape or the ensuing debate and discussion….
Finally went on in its new avtaar from the 4th of July at Film City. Studio number 10 is our home for the next 3 months atleast. It is from this studio that we daily make (executive produce) and transmit India’s first…
I was skipping through channels today and chanced across Hungama – the childrens’ channel. Govinda was gyrating with some semi nude babe – the movie called Joru ka Ghulam What kind of Children’s viewing is this?
From today’s ET Entertainment – three choice headlines that were forwarded to me on as part of my Bloglines feeds: a) Salman’s Trial to Start on June 30th b) Saregama Hits despite lack of Musical Hits c) Now.. watch Brittany Spears N…
Putting together this weeks’ blog mela was an incredibly rewarding experience. I had a wonderful journey through Indian blogdom. There are almost 50 posts featured here. My thanks to all those who nominated. Without Bloglines this task would have been chaotic:) I…
Yesterday in the Economic Times – a headline which made me laugh: NRS 2005: ToI advances to No 9 reminded me of headlines when we were growing up – Indian Wrestler comes 35th – and the story would run — The Indian…