Harini Calamur's Writings
Media, Media Bias, Propaganda, Media Studies, Media Ownership
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…
Last year we did a spot of consultancy for one of the top 5 consulants. The area of consultancy was the business of media. One of the areas that was most striking in its dichotomy was FM radio. 1999 was the year…
Not at all bad. Better that the ToI in terms of Over all News. Better than the Mid Day(which has really gone downhill in the last couple of years) in terms of Mumbai specific news. And these are the two that i…
Last week poor Newsweek got jhapoed by the Pentagon for publishing a report on the desecration of the Koran in Guantanamo Bay . The Pentagon put on its most angelic face and swore that nothing of that sort had happened. Newsweek was…
The HT hoarding legend reads – LET THERE BY LIGHT, in the process cutting off the light of the residents of Heera Panna. With HT in front of the building and Pyramid next to it, Heera Panna may be in a posh…
One of the things that I have always admired about the Bennet and Coleman Group is their unabashed chutzpah! Kuch bhi bol dete hai. I remember when they launched Indiatimes, the ToI ran a piece on “you can search the web with…
In my inbox today – a peculiar mail. An excerpt from it: Dear Sir/Madam, We request you to take some time off your busy schedule to fill in this questionnaire about “Blogging”. The survey is aimed at finding out what does/could drive…
Star Trek is finally dead. Author Orson Scott Card says it is about time. In a irritated write up in the LA Times he lists all things that were wrong about it. Especially the fans’ obsession. They started making costumes and wearing…
Today, I read about the new motorcycle to be launched by Bajaj. It is called the Avenger. It replaces the Eliminator in the market. When it comes to advertising men’s products there seems to be an overdose of words that refer to…