The first effects of a slowdown are already visible. The effects have already been felt, with reports of restaurants reporting a drop in customers. The reason is understandable. The consumers pinched by higher EMIs, higher fuel bills and importantly higher daily expenditure tab are cutting down on their disposable income. Remember, these are the people that have been driving the growth rates, much more than what our exporters chip in.

Even industries would learn to cope with the high price of oil by cutting down on wasteful expenditure and boosting productivity.

Yes, the oil prices have risen but it has not gone up overnight. When the economy was booming, oil prices as well as inflation was low, the government neither bothered at reducing our dependency on crude oil.

Nobody would be crying wolf, blaming oil prices. After all, why should a poor tax payer pay for the fuel bills of a Mercedes owner?

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I have read many different papers during my days and here's what I make of them.

The Times of India, the grandaddy of them all, was once my staple when I was in Mumbai, and the day could not start without one. Then they went and reduced the size, ostensibly to conform to some notion of international style (whatever that means). To me it was simply cutting on paper expense, saving on the news that they have to write and proportionately increasing the advertisement space, though the reduced size did help in handling the broadsheet in crowded locals.  They also went all colour, which was a nice touch. Along with all the superficial improvements, they have decided that tabloidesque is how people like their news. So you have crisp headlines, sharp photos and racy language but brainless content. Reporters who are factually incorrect while going breathless trying to be readable, amateur analysts with short memory and an irritating bias towards all things Congress. Capitalist mouthpieces telling us how we are so successful growing at 9% and all that. Then there is entertainment news and spicy snippets, whose sole aim is to find a lame excuse to publish a semi nude photo and tell us moron readers how people in other places are enjoying their sex.

INDIA TODAY was another venerated magazine that I grew up reading and I was very young in 1984 when I started reading it and have been hooked to it since then. But over the past few years since they have gone weekly, the standard is also going down. The problem is same affecting the times of India and print media in general. Every now and then they publish some or the other Sex survey. I am not against such surveys and am definitely not against any healthy discussion on the topic, but should some very adult discussion on a very adult matter be dished out in something as acceccible as a News-Magazine? I cannot help but pity them. What news can a weekly news-magazine bring in the age of 24 hour news channels and a plethora of newspapers, who have already dissected the issue beyond recognition. They have to ensure their survival and therefore seem to be trying to re-invent themselves as a regular dose of inane surveys.

Less said about Outlook and Week the better. The Reporters seem to be sitting on the web and gathering information from Wikipedia.

One news magazine that has retained its character is the 'Frontline'. I loved this magazine but the availability was limited as it was published in far of Chennai. The incisiveness, the issues, the analysis, the humanity of the subjects chosen are still there,  but it is difficult to stand up to Machine Gun chatter of 24 hour news channels. I think Frontline is also in its decline.

The other papers that I read are The business line, The Economic Times, both are out and out business dailies, with very little interest for a lay reader, but I want to be informed about the world of business, therefore I take them with a pinch of salt.

Sometimes I get to  lay my hand on the Indian Express. Well the anti establishment tirade is still there, but the edge is gone as all the best columnists of their times.

Print I think is losing its journalist talent to TV. But when I watch TV and see all the greenhorns trying to speak serious English, while trying to give opinions about issues and events which they know nothing about, I wonder where all the talent is going.  With the IT boom I think best of Indian Talent including people who could have been journalists are writing code for TCS and the likes. Even celebrated TV journalists (I hate to name them) are trying to go for the TRP and appear more as Programme Anchors of political debates, where couple or more of second rate politicians try to tear each other to pieces.

Some channels, who have invented and given themselves multiple awards, rape and murder the hell out of any incident involving such a thing. They themselves play the role of police, judge, jury and the executioner. The way Aajtak, one of the most unashamedly idiotic, opinionated and self aggrandised channel on the air, went about dramatising and pronouncing the guilty verdict in the Noida twin Murder case, complete with fake actors and blood splashing on the screen, gave me bouts of nausea.

Another English news channel called Headlines Today turns girly magazine after 11 PM. Its no surprise that both Aajtak and Headlines Today are owned by the India Today group.  Then there are other insignificant news channels trying to ape and out do each other in the department of sleaze and un-invited, un-informed opinions. Some news channels actually air clippings of Reality shows running on their sister channels as news, complete with a voice over describing the latest nuances that have been played out while singing and dancing. I wonder whether they should atop airing any one of the channels to save Electricity and prevent 'TV Remote Thumb', which is a cramped thumb resulting from furious channel switching.

In the total chaos that the news media in India has become a few of news channels stand out. The old and respected NDTV, which still retains some of serious TV journalistic traits imbibed into it by Prannoy Roy and the original gang.  Rajdeep Sardesai though could not play second fiddle to old Prannoy and has left for CNN IBN where he is now anchoring his own shouting matches. NDTV also has been bitten by the TRP bug but thankfully they are launching other channles to cater to the baser instincts.

Then there is another new channel on the air by the name of NEWS X. I think they are affiliated to the 9X group. They have yet to come up to the standards as far as news and its presentation is concerned but they do it with a very stylish and sophisticated BBC manner. No  dramatisation, no shouting and shrieking anchors, no breathless reporters, not much of partisan opinion. Hope they improve and stick around and not get affected by the TRP race.

Then lastly the most revered member of the news media in my opinion ; 'The Hindu'. The Hindu as the name suggests is not a communal paper and was published from Chennai for a long time before technology allowed it to publish more city editions. Now this is one serious paper deriving its style and line of thinking from the Left-of-Centre 'The Gaurdian' of England.

The paper is old broadsheet, not the abbreviated paper towels that the Times and HT have become. It is mixture of colour and Black and White. To prevent early morning head aches and death due to severe envy, there is NO Page 3 content. There are very few colour supplements to distract your chain of thoughts as they are formed by the deep analysis. Friday's are a day for literary and art review, which would have put Old Illustrated Weekly to shame. News is crisp, headlines attract but don't scream. Mistakes of spelling, facts and opinion are there but the  Managing Editor acknowledges every one of them pointed out by the readers on Mondays. Columns are big affairs as they have more space than any other paper. The columnists are people like P Sainath, Ramesh Thakur, Shashi Tharoor, Joseph Stiglitz, Paul Krugman etc. And then there are syndicated pieces from 'The Gaurdian' and 'USA Today'. Letters to the Editor are more than a couple of lines, and reflect more than one line of argument.

Its a joy to hold a 'Hindu' in your hand. It is difficult for someone used to the Times of India or Hindustan Times to immerse themselves in the sheer seriousness of The Hindu. I also found it very boring initially, but it grows on you like and acquired taste.

Not that I am one serious character. Just that I like my things to be pure. If I want to be titillated and thrilled then I have other means, which do just that.  News papers, magazines and channels should deliver just news and not try to be playboy, filmfare and BBC at the same time, because at the end of the day they become just a lot of 'Raddi' and a sore thumb from switching channels.

News has not been in short supply in the global village in the satellite age.

There are the "Indian" English news channels: NDTV 24x7, CNN-IBN, Times Now, Headlines Today. And the Hindi news channels: Aaj Tak, Star News, NDTV India, IBN 7, DD News, India TV. And the language news channels: Udaya, Sun, Suvarna, TV9, Teja, IBN Lokmat. And the business news channels: CNBC-TV18, NDTV Profit, UTVi. And the "foreign" English news channels: CNN, BBC, Fox.

Why, in this veritable welter of vaartha, do we not receive Al Jazeera?

The ground-breaking Qatar-based Arabic channel launched an English version more than a year-and-a-half ago. Staffed with big names, not short of resources, and not short of good ideas, "Al-Jazeera English" provides a much-needed respite from the stuffiness of its western competitors and from the itsy-bitsyness of their Indian counterparts. Yet, few Indian homes receive the Arab view of the world.

And so, it transpires, don't homes in the land of the free and the independent.

America's ultra-patriotic cable networks have steadfastly refused to carry "Al Jazeera English". Result: the channel is only available to those who choose to sample its fare online on YouTube, or buy a dish antenna.

The channel has been accused of "hate-mongering" towards Americans; of inciting "violence, hatred and murder" against Israelis and Jews; of waging a "soft, subtle, cultural jihad"; of being a propaganda tool---charges that could be flung on those making them with equal efficacy. Nonetheless, the manner in which Al Jazeera English has been blacked out in the United States raises the simple question: who decides what we should watch, and what we shouldn't?

The tiny town of Burlington (population 39,000) in "liberal" Vermont is an exception (along with Toledo, Ohio). There, the City owns the cable network, and has been offering subscribers "Al Jazeera English". After complaints from pro-Israeli groups, public hearings have been held, where those in favour of the channel outnumbered those against 6-1 and a decision will soon be made.

"Al Jazeera is an opportunity for us to learn more. If anyone doesn't want to learn more, there is a simple solution: they can switch to a different channel."

"There is a cable news network that I personally think if full of hatred, full of propaganda, full of half-truths, and that is Fox News."

Cross-posted on churumuri

News has not been in short supply in the global village in the satellite age.

There are the "Indian" English news channels: NDTV 24x7, CNN-IBN, Times Now, Headlines Today. And the Hindi news channels: Aaj Tak, Star News, NDTV India, IBN 7, DD News, India TV. And the language news channels: Udaya, Sun, Suvarna, TV9, Teja, IBN Lokmat. And the business news channels: CNBC-TV18, NDTV Profit, UTVi. And the "foreign" English news channels: CNN, BBC, Fox.

Why, in this veritable welter of vaartha, do we not receive Al Jazeera?

The ground-breaking Qatar-based Arabic channel launched an English version more than a year-and-a-half ago. Staffed with big names, not short of resources, and not short of good ideas, "Al-Jazeera English" provides a much-needed respite from the stuffiness of its western competitors and from the itsy-bitsyness of their Indian counterparts. Yet, few Indian homes receive the Arab view of the world.

And so, it transpires, don't homes in the land of the free and the independent.

America's ultra-patriotic cable networks have steadfastly refused to carry "Al Jazeera English". Result: the channel is only available to those who choose to sample its fare online on YouTube, or buy a dish antenna.

The channel has been accused of "hate-mongering" towards Americans; of inciting "violence, hatred and murder" against Israelis and Jews; of waging a "soft, subtle, cultural jihad"; of being a propaganda tool---charges that could be flung on those making them with equal efficacy. Nonetheless, the manner in which Al Jazeera English has been blacked out in the United States raises the simple question: who decides what we should watch, and what we shouldn't?

The tiny town of Burlington (population 39,000) in "liberal" Vermont is an exception (along with Toledo, Ohio). There, the City owns the cable network, and has been offering subscribers "Al Jazeera English". After complaints from pro-Israeli groups, public hearings have been held, where those in favour of the channel outnumbered those against 6-1 and a decision will soon be made.

"Al Jazeera is an opportunity for us to learn more. If anyone doesn't want to learn more, there is a simple solution: they can switch to a different channel."

"There is a cable news network that I personally think if full of hatred, full of propaganda, full of half-truths, and that is Fox News."

Cross-posted on sans serif

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We basement at the most clamor for.

The most crap news channels which serve nothing except shit are India TV (the leader) followed Aaj Tak and then STAR News. NDTV used to be my favorite at one time but now I feel like switching the channel when it also dropped like to those petty "Mirch Masala" tactics only to lose faith in thousasand or lakh of viewers.

Just for a case take Arushi Murdur Case, these news channels have highlighted the story to such a large extent that I feel sick opening the TV and even the reporters go so much into private affairs  which is truely unethical. That day is not far off that even when a dog dies, these news reporters will rush to  take the live coverage ( oh, sorry maybe Ariel live coverage :P )

Most of these news channels re 24 hours, which make one fact clear - Having some new or the other news is not possible, so even if something trivial happens, they leave no chance to make it a sensational breaking news. Even sometimes they have to look into the news archives for older news to keep their live feeds running.

So the question is  how shall we tell them to report properly? What should they telecast so that people show their loyalty and belief? Some which I can suggest are " Show some good news, nice achievement which can inspire the newer generation". Just showing the news of people dying, floods, suicide, murdurs and rapes, they cant increase their TRP above a threshold and even if it increases, its at the cost of loyal followers.

Rest I would like people to suggest. Come On! Media is the fourth pillar of the constitution.

Called home October 2007.

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For once, we see the headlines as a few people have been killed and injured, and everybody gets back to one’s work in a few days. Well, as Navjot Singh Sidhu says – ‘Statistics are like bikinis; they reveal less but conceal what is vital’. Whether a blast kills 4 persons, or 14 or 40, the fact is that it is violence, and it is direct attack on one’s most fundamental right on earth – the right to live. Nothing less and nothing more.

I have been watching The Big Fight on NDTV 24X7 and many times, I wonder how the times have changed. People talk about Terrorism, Education System, Pepsi and Cola, Dowry, AIDS, Fashion, Religion and Homosexuality, with exemplary energies and emotions, so much so that it feels as if they (and we all) are directly affected by the issue being discussed. Quite astonishingly, majority of the crowd includes young people – students, young entrepreneurs and executives. This is an awakened urban middle class of India, who is glitzier and happier with healthier and richer life style, has better access to information and entertainment, is more aware of almost every aspect of life and society, and is more ready to speak on any issue, than ever before.

And suddenly the headlines at the bottom of TV screen tells about the bomb blast, as if the lives of 40 people too scrolled from right to left, in a flash. It is shattering for everybody, me, you and the country that turned 60 a few days back. Dead bodies of people lying all over the place made me wonder that times haven’t changed. Some sections of our society are using the same energy and emotions for entirely different purposes – to spread terror, violence, anger, panic, desperation, hence vitiating the atmosphere. These are the people whose minds have gone rotten and souls have degraded, psychologically, and I guess biologically as well.

Picture one - India's economy has grown (sometimes amazingly) in the last few years. We have seen improved GDP, relative boom in IT and even in Real Estate; our strides in Technology (Space, Telecom and Bio), Cinema, Fashion and Sports. Picture two – there has been marked increase in the frequency of terrorist attacks and their targets have moved out of Punjab or Kashmir to Delhi, Varanasi, Mumbai and Hyderabad. As the world's largest democracy, how do we set up our image – a country which is a political example to other developing nations who confront internal politics, racial divisions, illiteracy, corruption and poverty, to maintain the phenomenal growth that we have achieved? Or a country that boasts of world’s fourth best army with a sound defense systems, but has witnessed nearly 40, 000 killings in Kashmir alone, thousands in Punjab earlier, and who has almost been a mute witness to terrorist attacks for nearly sixty years?

The progress that we are proud of today has only benefited a small privileged section, or to an extent, some percentage of popular middle class. You can not evaluate governance on a few specific and urban success stories, a ‘cyber city’ in Hyderabad or Bangalore. In fact, it has marginalized the poor, as the rising incidents of farmers’ suicide and growing disparity between rural and urban people are a testimony to it.

How does it impact our lives? And how do these terrorist attacks affect our lives? After every major terrorist attack, our leaders condemn the attack. Earlier it was for Punjab, then for Kashmir and now for anywhere in the country. Some statements are soft, and sometimes they are strong, but the benefits are nil. Why so? Because, principally, the political will is not there, and wherever it is, it is not consistent.

Barring a few sections, the mindset of every common man is same today. Everybody is upset either when the price of petrol is hiked by 2 rupees or when pizza gets costlier by 20 rupees; either when an encroachment is demolished from a store, or when the same shopkeeper is caught while selling adulterated food; either when a man is asked to deposit rupees sixty thousand as donation to get his kid admitted to a reputed school, or when the same man demands rupees ten thousand to pass a drawing for a house. The fears and insecurities are same, only the scale is different, and which doesn’t matter.

The urban middle class of India, who glued to TV sets on 11 July or 8 September or on 25 August last year, or on 13 May last month, including me, feels concerned but don’t know what it can do. We have grown in our standard of living, are more aware of issues that bother us, are more able to stand and be counted than our previous generations, but we lack political empowerment. Our political system has lost its credibility, so much so that we do not caste our vote, our very fundamental right to elect the leaders that we want ourselves to be ruled by. Our faith has been windswept by the sullied value system of our politicians. By political empowerment, I don’t mean that we should hold protest meetings, or take candle march in streets, or raise slogans. It begins with being aware of our rights. Our power. Our strength. Our right to vote.

As the world’s largest democracy, we, the people of India can make a difference, by using the very basic right that we have – our right to vote. Our educated and economically prosperous middle class is India’s biggest asset, but our resistance (call laziness) and our lack of interest to cast our vote is the biggest obstacle. And the root cause of many other critical issues is same – our political system. It is said that – an inefficient government is not caused by people who vote to wrong people, but by those who do not vote. As a result, our leaders are elected to a position where first they asked us for a vote, and when elected – they laugh at us and they use us, and in the end they are laughed at and are used by those who take advantage of our sleeping will and politician’s cult will.

The foundation of democracy is right to vote, and right to get elected; but when the former is not being exercised properly, the use of later is abused, as we have seen. And voting the current political system out of the country’s political setup is the one and only step to proceed. It is essential to evolve a new dynamic political ideology, not for those who run our country, but for we, the people of India, to deal with those who run us, and then to deal with those, who run the people who run us. But how do we do that. It requires a common pledge, a desire and a certain degree of political empowerment to take such a decision. One of the options is that we start voting with interest, and with awareness, to people with credibility, or if we do not find anybody good enough to be voted, none of us should vote – not a single vote. When the votes will be counted in hundreds or thousands instead of thousands or lakhs, our leaders and those who had been leading our leaders will realize that we have awaken, and changes will happen.

It is time to reengineer democracy. Reengineering? A few weeks back, a came across a few lines on reengineering democracy. These are penned down by Efraín María Martresa as:

Let's Vote for Issues, Not for People!
We are used to believe that democracy is to elect
our leaders, by means of our votes.
And according to the candidate's platform and programs,
we decide what we want.
But:
What if we train, prepare, our civil leaders
and just vote to decide important issues?
Of the many advantages, we can cite (and not limited to):
Government doesn't stop in pre-election periods
Lobbyists and special interest groups shouldn't be that powerful
Use new technologies to cast our votes, whenever needed
Avoid new governments to learn as they go

We don't have any formula here, we are trying to start a discussion so we, the people, can decide what we want and how we want it implemented.

To start, and maybe, we may model it likewise the training we give to the military, with ranks and different courses and specializations, like economics, government, environment, education, health, etc after graduating, and just giving a preliminary idea, they can start a career in government and according their experience, we give them more training to prepare them for more important tasks.
Beside having special institutions to do this training, we can admit professionals already trained, like
attorneys, economists, physicians, etc. and have them trained in specifics of government.
Again, this is just an input, every country should decide a final system which, of course, will take years to implement and adjust as we advance.

The author suggests that we should vote for issues and not for people. I believe that in a country as diverse and vast as India is, voting for people should be continued… but along with voting for issues to be resolved and within voting for time frames, based on certain factors.

Is it too utopian? May be. Or perhaps not.

"NDTV Good Times" is a lifestyle television channel that is the result of a collaboration between India's leading English language television network NDTV, and India's leading liquor manufacturer, United Breweries (UB).

On the face of it, "NDTV Good Times" may seem like a good idea for M/s Mallya & Roy.

For UB, the channel's name gives the "King of Good Times" punchline of its Kingfisher beer constant, not-so-subtle on-air play given the ban on surrogate advertising. And, for another, UB gets the kind of content which it can then slap on the screens of the planes of its Kingfisher Airlines.

For NDTV, too, it is a win-win. It has another channel to offer viewers in its bouquet; it gets a stock-market listed media company some extra dough, an extra revenue stream; and it gives NDTV's image of a media outsourcing company that it has craved and cultivated vide a deal with GenPact.

But can the relationship work the other way round, too?

Obviously, a liquor company can use the packaging of its products to advertise its own channel. But does it work on tipplers? Does it create greater awareness of the channel or the partnership? Do Kingfisher-drinkers remember to switch on the channel after the hypnogogic haze has vanished? Do the TRPs suggest that?

More importantly, can a serious media house like NDTV allow its brand image to be exploited on liquor boxes? Does it need to? Admittedly, the beer boxes are only pushing "NDTV Good Times" but can such a symbiotic relationship work without affecting the credibility of the main news and business channels?

Maybe, there is nothing puritanical about the Mammon-worshipping modern market place. Signage is important and getting the message any which way is all that counts to put some black ink on the bottomline. That may be OK for a liquor house, but for a media house in the news business?

Put another way, would New York Times allow its logo on Budweiser boxes even if Bud paid billions?

Cross-posted on sans serif

"NDTV Good Times" is a lifestyle television channel that is the result of a collaboration between India's leading English language television network NDTV, and India's leading liquor manufacturer, United Breweries (UB).

On the face of it, "NDTV Good Times" may seem like a good idea for M/s Mallya & Roy.

For UB, the channel's name gives the "King of Good Times" punchline of its Kingfisher beer constant, not-so-subtle on-air play given the ban on surrogate advertising. And, for another, UB gets the kind of content which it can then slap on the screens of the planes of its Kingfisher Airlines.

For NDTV, too, it is a win-win. It has another channel to offer viewers in its bouquet; it gets a stock-market listed media company some extra dough, an extra revenue stream; and it gives NDTV's image of a media outsourcing company that it has craved and cultivated vide a deal with GenPact.

But can the relationship work the other way round, too?

Obviously, a liquor company can use the packaging of its products to advertise its own channel. But does it work on tipplers? Does it create greater awareness of the channel or the partnership? Do Kingfisher-drinkers remember to switch on the channel after the hypnogogic haze has vanished? Do the TRPs suggest that?

More importantly, can a serious media house like NDTV allow its brand image to be exploited on liquor boxes? Does it need to? Admittedly, the beer boxes are only pushing "NDTV Good Times" but can such a symbiotic relationship work without affecting the credibility of the main news and business channels?

Maybe, there is nothing puritanical about the Mammon-worshipping modern market place. Signage is important and getting the message any which way is all that counts to put some black ink on the bottomline. That may be OK for a liquor house, but for a media house in the news business?

Put another way, would New York Times allow its logo on Budweiser boxes even if Bud paid billions?

Cross-posted on churumuri

news channels in particular are very disappointing, mostly the hindi news channels. instead of providing information, the news channels sell sensation. the loudest the sensation, the largest the TRP - therefore, biggest the share in advertisement pie.

the news content can least qualify as news item. recently zee news aired a feature on the route followed by lord rama during his vanavasa. had this been reported as a travellogue or a pure mythological feature, there would have some matter to appreciate. instead, the reporter decided to act a historian and began uncovering mysteries associated with rama. the techniques utilised for generating facts were crude and the reporter based the programme on folklore. how can history be based upon folklore? the feature was well in time for the ram setu controversy and thus assured great TRP ratings for zee news. the channel aired the programme for many days at a stretch.

india TV has made a niche for itself in this kind of sensational reporting. seldom do they air news that is significant. news is rarely able to make the headlines here. the remaining part of the day is devoted to fraud babas, abandoned houses, long forgotten kings and queens, cars which move without drivers and all kind of issues, the knowledge of which does little good for people.

recently, news channels struck gold by telecasting scenes syndicated from popular TV shows like Indian Laughter Challenge on Star One and other such programmes. in a slot that would have been better devoted to news, the channels dish out shows done by raju srivastava, sunil pal, and the new breed of stand-up comedians.

Doordarshan is no better. not sensational reporting here. bland reporting rules here. the news anchor goes on and on, rarely ever exciting your senses. In fact, doordarshan was never good at news. since it is the national channel, the authorities ensure that the news content passes through several filters before being telecast.

breaking news has lost its sheen. it is again the news channels that are to blame. almost everything makes breaking news now - from Amitabh bacchan who decides to travel with family from one temple to another to the return of khali (india's very own undertaker), from Aishwarya rai denying pregnancy claims to rakhi sawant playing one of her media tricks, and finally coming up with new clues on arushi case (mostly baseless).

news channels are resorting to any tactics to ensure that they have the reins to TRP. sting operations is one of the most lethal of them. the tehelka expose of BJP politicians was for a good. it exposed the widespread corruption among politicians. this soon snowballed into a trend where sting cameras began entering people's bedroom. while the privacy of people was snatched, the sting operations also began to be misused. recently, there was a case where a school teacher was portrayed as a pimp, as a result of which she was badly beaten up and suspended from the school. later it was discovered that the sting operation wrongly indicted her.

others in this list of sensational-reporting-no-news genre of news channels are aaj tak and others from the TV today network (god know what criteria they use to judge it as the best news channel), IBN7, Live India and star news.

the only hindi channels that serve a palatable programming quality are NDTV hindi news channel and News X (recently started by INX media). these news channels offer content. they seldom sensationalise. each has a good quality of reporting. there also are different varities of programmes to show.

so the overall picture about hindi news channels is gloomy. a majority of the channels believe that the programmes they show are liked by the audience and so they will continue showing these as long as there is no giant shift in audience's preference.

In this bid to secure greater TRP, the worst affected is the news itself. for me, options are still open in the form of english news channels (these offer a great programming quality) and english newspapers (hindi print media is going the way of their electronic media cousins). But think of people who have to depend on the hindi news channels for their daily dose of news since they cannot understand english or do not have access to newspapers. will they be devoid of news?

"What if it turns out that there is truth in some of the salacious suggestions made by the media and the family is involved in the Aarushi-Hemraj murder," asked Barkha Dutt in her [NDTV] show We The People. She was, of course, answered effectively by the Talwars’ lawyer who inverted the question and asked what would constitute an adequate apology in case it turned out that Dr Rajesh Talwar was innocent.

"The verbal jousting apart, Barkha’s question reveals a lot about how the media sees itself today. Implicitly, the media believes the world is answerable to it and not the other way around. The truth is that the media is not the jury; it is of no consequence if the media turns out to be right. What matters is the legal principle of the presumption of innocence (as Soli Sorabjee pointed out in the same programme).

"The media cannot speculate on the basis of unsubstantiated and motivated leaks no matter what the final outcome of the investigation. The problem is that the media’s quest for the truth is being overtaken by its desire to garner eyeballs and in the absence of any regulation whatsoever to temper this, we are seeing this sordid spectacle being played out."

Read the full article: Salacious leaks and liberal guilt

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• NDTV launched the first phase of its environmentally themed reality show, India's Environmentalist:

The show will present the journey of short listed candidates who will perform various time bound tasks and the winner, chosen through public voting under the guidance of a panel of eminent judges, will be declared as India's Environmentalist during a 24-hour telethon, which will be a part of NDTV's nationwide environment campaign later this year. The entries for the reality show will be open between June 5 and July 5, 2008.

The website www.green.ndtv.com, will enable visitors to write and read articles, view environment specific messages from eminent personalities and download environment collateral, screensavers and wallpapers. The website will also have a dedicated section on India's Environmentalist, where people will be able to file their entries for the reality show.

• Biker and creator of TreeCycle Project Shrenik Rao is partnering with UNEP to bicycle around India, from Kanyakumari to Kashmir. He will "interact and discuss issues relating to the environment and global warming with individuals from all walks of life" along the way. Individuals wishing to support this journey can pledge to plant trees as part of UNEP's Plant A Billion Trees campaign.
• SOS Children's Villages partnered with Coca-Cola India to hold painting competitions around environmental topics in 31 villages across the country with hundreds of children.
• YES BANK, a new age private sector bank, today announced the launch of YES COMMUNITY, an innovative Responsible Banking initiative to be executed through micro-events being organised at the Bank's retail branch network nationally. In the first year of its inception, YES COMMUNITY has adopted the theme of 'Planet Earth' for the Financial Year 2009. [Source: Moneycontrol.com]

I am assuming that PTI is spreading rumours and spicing up the reports from foreign agencies to sell it to INdian papers who are happy to publish them on their papers.

I am posting a link to the complete report from UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development)
http://www.unctad.org/sections/edm_dir/docs/osg_2008_1_en.pdf
UNCTAD has compiled the report on food crisis from development perspective and have listed several reasons for food inflation. It has said that lack of agriculutural productivity, oil price rise, divertion of agriculutural land for biofuels, farm subsidies of US and Europe and rising demand for food from developing nations etc are responsible for food crisis. However, PTI picked up only one line that alligned well with President Bush's earlier speech on food crisis and concluded that UCTAD is blaming India and China for food crisis.
Agencies such as PTI and subscribers such as TOI, NDTV and other papers should be confronted for malicious reporting. Such news item makes us look ugly in front of world leaders.
It puts question mark on our intellect and common sense.

Let us all protest by sending a negative feedback to PTI.
I did by sending the following message.
"
I am expressing my deep concern and frustration w.r.t your recent report from UNCTAD on World food security.
Here is the link for original report
http://www.unctad.org/sections/edm_dir/docs/osg_2008_1_en.pdf

However, the news item published in Indian papers doesn't reflect the report in true spirit and content.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/UNCTAD_blames_India_China_for_rising_food_prices/articleshow/3100492.cms

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080052023&ch=6/4/2008%2011:37:00%20PM

I am deeply saddened from such false accusations on UNCTAD.
This is not the first time it happened. IT also happened when President Bush gave a speech on food crisis and it was widely caricatured by Indian papers and grossly mis-represented the speech.
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I hope that my feedback receives a response. If i do receive a esponse, i will add that to my blog.
Thanks
Sri

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I know you have your interest in so many things, also in cricket, but also on the fourth estate, the media, for example. What is your view on Murdoch now?

Well, Murdoch. He is one of the most successful media moguls in history, you cannot take that away from him. He now conquers whole countries. And he is a remarkable and I don't envy those who follow him because he is an old man. I don't envy those who follow him and keep his empire going because his father was a remarkable man.

In his family.

Yes, in the family.

So that is the question I am coming to: what happens to Murdoch's empire after Murdoch?

It will be fascinating to see because a giant like that doesn't come that often.

Because his family is squabbling.

Yes, I read in the press they are, but I don't know for a fact. You read lot in the press and you wonder if it's true. I'm loathe to say that I have read it in the press and therefore it is true. That is not the case.

So, do you see Murdoch's empire growing, surviving, declining post-Murdoch?

I think it is so solid now that it would be strange if it declined. It is a giant.

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Arvind Singhal: Liberating the retail sector

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu2&subLeft=3&autono=324337&tab=r

The report must be read more carefully, and with an open mind, by those vociferous elements in the UPA government (read: Left parties), Mayawati of BSP, and our own Don Quixotes going by names such as India FDI Watch.

Retail giants operating without license
Making the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation a captive, retail giants are setting up shops in various centres in the city. Big Bazaar still functions without the Corporation’s licence, said Mayor C. Jayan Babu.

ITC Chaupal Fresh expansion on hold

ITC, the fresh vegetable retailer under the brands Choupal Fresh have hit a pause on their expansion plans. Currently the company operates 24 Choupal Sagars - large format rural stores that complement the e-choupal initiative. It also has 27 Choupal Fresh stores in Hyderabad, Pune and Chandigarh.

Australian farmers "ripped off" by supermarkets

In Australia, the Victorian Farmers Federation (VFF) has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission into grocery pricing that the major grocery chains are ripping off consumers and farmers by labelling the same products differently.

K. RAHEJA HyperCity to abandon neighbourhood store format

K. Raheja-owned HyperCITY Retail has abandoned plans announced last year to launch a neighbourhodd store format under the ExpressCITY banner.

Food prices are growing, but farmers' share of the profit is not

The farmer's share of the retail food dollar is about the same today as it was in the 1970s. Take corn, for example. According to economists at the American Farm Bureau Federation, the farmer receives less than 8 cents for the corn used in an 18-ounce box of corn flakes selling for $3.30 at the grocery store. It is pretty much the same for a loaf of bread. The farmer receives about 16 cents from a loaf of bread that sells for $1.78. The farmer's share of a 5-pound bag of flour costing $2.39 is $1.10.

Govt needs to chalk out national retail policy: Assocham

The government needs to formulate a national retail policy to facilitate co-existence of both organised and unorganised retail, besides setting up an independent regulator for governing the retailing sector, a report by industry body Assocham says.

Decision on FDI in retail unlikely in UPA regime

apart from the broad political opposition, the Government has come under severe pressure from scores of trade and industry bodies from across the country against FDI in retail. A total of 44 trade and industry associations have represented to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP)

Organised retail to capture 25 pc market by 2011

In a surprise finding that organised retail is growing faster than expected in India, a study has forecast that this segment could account for a quarter of the total retail revenues by 2011 from the current 8 per cent share.

Retail will drive growth of fruits and vegetables: Pawar

According to the ministry of Agriculture, Government of India, about 72 per cent of the fruit and vegetable produced in the country goes waste because of lack of proper retailing and adequate storage capacity. P K Mishra, secretary in the ministry's department of agriculture and co-operation, said so while was speaking at a Fruit and Vegetable Summit organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).

Indian Railways offering retail space
The Indian Railways is soon going to offer around 4,800 hectares of land to retail and logistics companies to set up retail outlets, agri-retail infrastructure and warehouses. Around 3,000 sites have already been identified by the railways across the country for the purpose.

Mom & Pop shops eye cooperatives to take on big retailers

Bhartiya Udyog Vyapar Mandal (BUVM), the biggest national-level association of mom and pop stores (kirana stores) that comprises 17,000 state- and district-level associations across 27 states, is planning to form co-operatives throughout India helping its members benefit from a common sourcing and shared infrastructure (logistics, storage and billing) platform.

AUSTRALIA calls for overhaul of planning laws

A report in Australia, commissioned by Urban Taskforce Australia, recommends a review of state planning laws regulating new supermarkets and large food stores.

Reliance to invest Rs 5,000 crore in converting 700-odd closed fuel pumps into malls/ multiplexes

Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) which incurred a loss of about Rs 800 crore on operations of its 1,432 fuel stations during 2007-08 is looking at converting about 700 to 800 of them into shopping malls and multiplex halls.

Wal-Mart joins the dairy retail club

Wal-mart is the newest entrant in the diary procurement and retail business in Punjab. Wal-mart has been buying milk directly from cooperatives rather than from farmers.

RPG plans Rs 1000 crore expansion; revamping old stores

Eyeing Rs 1,800 crore turnover this fiscal, RPG group has planned aggressive expansion plans for its retail business.

VISHAL turnover amibitions

Vishal Group plans to increase its turnover from the current INR1,000 crore (USD248 million) to INR5,000 crore (USD1,240 million) by 2011. Vishal is having a revenue growth of 90-100% every year.

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1) How comfortable are you in staying friends with an ex?

To me,its a natural thing to do...you have been together for a while,know each others likes and dislikes,know each others moods and probably have even been intimate with each other! It doesnt make sense to me after all this to cut all ties. While most men i've know have found cutting all ties to be the best way to deal with the heartbreak and move on,most women would have loved to stay friends given enough time and the chance! Of course there are exceptions even here.

2) Is wanting to be friends a step towards wanting to get back together again? Is it possible to stay platonic after all this?

Maybe it is. Its an obvious thing to do when you think that the relationship can work out with time. But when the other person is sure that this is over and wants to move on,such a thought would only lead to complications. But if both sides are mature enough to understand that this is just a friendship that is built on the trust in each other then it should work out i guess!

3) If you were in a stable relationship and your partner was in touch with his/her ex,how would you feel about it?

Marginally jealous,but particularly happy to have a partner who is so mature. But i do believe that there shud still be a line drawn in such relationships!

I guess thats about it. I particularly tag Guru to this. And anyone else who is interested can tag themselves.