BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN OPINION |25/05/2017
Critics who have got their knickers in a twist over the film betray their ignorance and expose the poverty of cinema commentary,
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN OPINION |20/11/2016
Arnab may have exited the small screen but journalism in India is yet to throw up the mythical Batman that he is said to have destroyed.
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |04/08/2014
A comic take on the proposed ban on sex education in schools exposes the urban elite's self-obsession,
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN MEDIA BUSINESS |11/07/2014
Unanswered questions swirl around the former India TV anchor's allegations of harassment at work which sections of the media have chosen not to explore,
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN BOOKS |28/04/2014
While the near ban on 'The Hindus' was widely reported, that on 'Gas Wars: Crony Capitalism and the Ambanis' by Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was barely covered by the media,
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |27/03/2014
It may be argued that the erotic and the pornographic are two separate identities and that the inclusion of Sunny Leone on newsprint is an allusion to the former and not to the latter.
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |02/01/2013
The opening paragraph itself exposes the ideology of discrimination that is structural to the TOI. Clearly the paper's concern with regard to rape is limited to the cityscape and women who constitute immediate kin.
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN MEDIA FREEDOM |04/09/2012
The balance of power in the PCI is deeply skewed with 20 of its 28 members being representatives of journalism.
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |28/08/2012
Television news almost censored the heroic action of 4,000 students from 18 States whose agenda too was anti-corruption.
BY ARUNODAY MAJUMDER| IN BOOKS |21/08/2012
The author of"Annanama" assumes the role of an advocate to defend his subject with bizarre logic.
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The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.                   

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.                 

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