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The best editor The Pioneer, Delhi, never had?

churumuri wrote 1 month ago: The writer Rudyard Kipling was once on its rolls; the former British prime minister Winston Churchil … more →

Tags: People, A bit of fun, Newspapers, churumuri, sans-serif, GEORGE ORWELL, chandan mitra, Rudyard Kipling, winston churchill

Such sweet lies you could've missed the truth6 comments

churumuri wrote 2 months ago: The 25th anniversary of the assassination of Indira Gandhi has produced reams of fawning tributes, l … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, media, People, a surya prakash, censorship, churumuri, Emergency, Hitler, Indira Gandhi

Guess who monetised editorial space first?1 comment

churumuri wrote 2 months ago: “Paid News”—editorial space being sold for a fee, without revealing to news consum … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Indian Express, p sainath, The Hindu, churumuri, sans-serif, star news, times private treaties, Prakash Karat

'Indian media better than overseas media'1 comment

churumuri wrote 2 months ago: Biting the hand that feeds the oxygen of publicity is a bloodsport among celebrities. Kabir Bedi, wh … more →

Tags: People, For the Record, Television, Newspapers, Magazines, radio, churumuri, sans-serif, kabir bedi

CHURUMURI POLL: Is Dalit Dinakaran above law?17 comments

churumuri wrote 3 months ago: View This Pollsurveys “The strange case of Justice P.D. Dinakaran” has taken a strange t … more →

Tags: Churumuri Poll, Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Mysore-Bangalore, churumuri, dalit, Dalit Christian, dk, DMK

For the BJP, is the pen mightier than the trishul?5 comments

churumuri wrote 3 months ago: PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: Four months after the “nasty jolt” in the 2009 ge … more →

Tags: media, Issues and Ideas, Hindutva, Moditva, BJP, Sangh Parivar, NDTV, churumuri, Arun Shourie, Shekhar Gupta

For the BJP, is the pen mightier than the trishul?

churumuri wrote 3 months ago: PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: Four months after the “nasty jolt” in the 2009 ge … more →

Tags: People, Television, Newspapers, Issues and Ideas, Magazines, BJP, Arun Shourie, LK Advani, Shekhar Gupta

'What is my fate compared to Beethoven's?3 comments

churumuri wrote 5 months ago: Over a 35-year career, the duo of Laxmikant-Pyarelal scored music for 635 films. Such evergreen hits … more →

Tags: Life, Music, Films, Television, Antony Gonsalves, Asha Bhonsle, Beethoven, chandan mitra, churumuri, Duke Ellington, Lata Mangeshkar

Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach?1 comment

churumuri wrote 5 months ago: A number of Indian media houses have set up media schools over the years, partly to give something b … more →

Tags: news and events, Jobs and Opportunities, The Times of India, churumuri, The Indian Express, sans-serif, Malayala Manorama, Asian College of Journalism, Manorama School of Communication

The factor that worked against the BJP in Election 2009?

sanjay4blog wrote 7 months ago: According to Chandan Mitra, editor and managing director of The Pioneer, member of the Rajya Sabha a … more →

Tags: BJP, BJp failed, BJP, Bjp lose, bjp lost, BJp lost news, chandan mitra, Congress India, Election 09

Plus la Cong change, plus c'est la meme chose *6 comments

churumuri wrote 7 months ago: Among the many cute arguments that have been advanced for the surprise Congress win in the 2009 elec … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Congress, Rahul Gandhi, UPA, Jyotiraditya Scindia, chandan mitra, YSR, Narayan Rane, 2009 Elections

5 photography tips from ace lensman Raghu Rai

churumuri wrote 8 months ago: Master-photographer Raghu Rai, who was nominated by Henri Cartier-Bresson to join Magnum, in convers … more →

Tags: Advice and Guidance, Art, Photography, churumuri, Henri Cartier-Bresson, magnum, Prashant Panjiar, Raghu Rai, sans-serif

For the record, anything goes (* Conditions apply)2 comments

churumuri wrote 8 months ago: Several Indian newspapers and magazines have taken to running a disclaimer on advertisements to insu … more →

Tags: For the Record, Newspapers, Issues and Ideas, Magazines, The Times of India, churumuri, sans-serif, Liabilities, advertising

How Chandan Mitra has his halwa and hogs it too5 comments

churumuri wrote 8 months ago: One of India’s oldest English dailies, The Pioneer, has undergone not so much a transformation … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Newspapers, People, BJP, chandan mitra, churumuri, Marxist, Naveen Patnaik, Naveen Upadhyay

A civil servant, or just a very civil servant?14 comments

churumuri wrote 8 months ago: A. Surya Prakash boils down five years of Manmohan Singh to four men—Jagadish Tytler, Sajjan K … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Congress, Manmohan Singh, UPA, Tarun J. Tejpal, Navin Chawla, Sajjan Kumar, Ottavio Quattrocchi, a surya prakash

Letter to the Editor - Ban Qur'an

Bhavya Ketan wrote 9 months ago: UNPUBLISHED The Editor The Pioneer Delhi   Sir — This refers to the article, “Islamists … more →

Tags: Islam, muslims, Geert Wilders, Fitna, Submission, Islam: What the West needs to Know, Qur'an, Qur'an 9:29, jizyah

272 miles to go and so many promises to make27 comments

churumuri wrote 10 months ago: On the day the Election Commission announced the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections, former Union … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Lok Sabha, General Elections, churumuri, sans-serif, Arun Nehru, 2009 Elections, general elections 2009

Amita Malik, the 'first lady of Indian media', RIP

churumuri wrote 10 months ago: sans serif records with regret the passing away of Amita Malik, the radio journalist who grew to be … more →

Tags: For the Record, Newspapers, People, radio, Television, Ameen Sayani, Amita Malik, B.V. Keskar, Binaca Geetmala

Letter to the Editor - Muslim Negationism

Bhavya Ketan wrote 1 year ago: UNPUBLISHED The Editor The Pioneer Delhi   Muslim intellectuals like MJ Akbar are well-known for pre … more →

Tags: muslims, Banglaedsh, India, Indian Muslims, M.J. Akbar, Muslim Intellectuals, Pakistan


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