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  1. Is the media playing it safe with Justice Katju?

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    / January 15, 2012 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat The front page anchor of `The Hindu’ recently was plastered with one “news” – Press Council of India Chief Justice Katju’s views on Sunny Leone being shown on Indian TV. A Google search showed me that almost every large media house had covered the “story” prominently. This is...

  2. The obsession with farmer suicides

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    / December 13, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat The Press Council Chairman Justice Katju’s recent salvo has come over the front page coverage of actor Dev Anand’s recent demise. While you could argue that Dev Anand’s demise may not have technically qualified for front page news, I think, neither does farmer suicides (as was stressed...

  3. Reporting FDI in retail

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    / December 9, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat The Indian media seems to have made it a habit to promote cacophony and frenzy in emerging political situations with little attempt to independently analyse the scenario. The FDI in retail Bill is no different. While one heard positive things about it last week, this week began...

  4. Baby Bachchan is delivered. Whew!

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    / November 18, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Archana Venkat While the electronic media decided to go easy on the Bachchans by excluding Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s delivery from news coverage, their online divisions went to town with a literal minute by minute analysis of the situation (considering the lack of any updates to report). In the last...

  5. Tips to be a celebrity

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    / November 17, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat There are those who try to be celebrities. Others have celebrity-dom thrust on them. And then there is the Bachchan baby (already christened Baby B). This one is for those of you who want to retain the spotlight without appearing cheesy. In other words, the art of...

  6. Ra.One : Hit ya miss?

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    / November 10, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat I was looking forward to watching Ra.One until I saw Enthiran (albeit half way, due to some technical issues). Since then I have wondered what response the film would garner. Thanks to the barrage of reviews, now I know. As Shahrukh Khan got pulverized for everything he...
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    Tagged , flop, hit, movie, ra.one, shahrukh, srk

  7. Outstanding > Very good > Good > Average > Poor

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    / October 19, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Archana Venkat   There are only a handful of activities that every HR team is passionate about. Performance evaluation is one of them.   The lame corporate employee thinks of this no differently than a pay per use toilet – You pay (in this case, fill up numerous similar...

  8. The Boss is `not’ always right. For you.

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    / September 22, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Archana Venkat   It is one of those scenarios where the “Hurray! Yipee!! At least someone is leaving this hell hole!” sentiment can soon give way to “Jeez, we have a new pain in the ass to deal with.” And if it is your boss who is being replaced,...

  9. When to and when not to lend the brand name

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    / September 21, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Archana Venkat   Last weekend, results of the much hyped ET Young Leaders program were telecast announcing 22 leaders, all of who would be eligible to enroll for short term executive programs from the Indian School of Business (ISB). On closer observation, the results turned out to be disappointing....

  10. For Anna or against him? Do I have a choice?

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    / August 25, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Archana Venkat The Indian English media (mainly TV), perhaps influenced by the American media, seems to want to take sides on every issue worthy of public consumption. Covering the Anna Hazare campaign has been no different. Every prominent English news channel has resorted to taking sides on the issue...

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