Post economic liberalization of 1990s, the media industry has grown exponentially. Market dynamics apart, the growth has downsides. It’s a big market controlled by influential few. Add to that the phenomenon of Cross Media Ownership that has altered some basic principles of journalism and has compromised the integrity of media. Pragati Mohan provides facts and figures. The media industry in India is a formidable force and unparalleled in the world. By a few records, the industry is growing faster even than the country’s economy. After the economic reforms in the 1990s, the media industry boomed and grew exponentially to be…
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The Fourth Estate has stood true to its sobriquet of a “watchdog” by exposing a number of scams since the country attained Independence. Despite the threats and baits thrown at it the Media has taken on the establishment and the powers that be to uphold their duty of exposing wrongdoings, says Nikita Shastri. Recently, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, in Rajya Sabha, that fugitive economic offenders Vijay Mallya, Mehul Choksi and Nirav Modi will be coming back to India and face the law of the country. Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, also owner of the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines, has been…
Weekend getaways are godsend for the citizens of Kolkata as they seek to break free from the gradually easing pandemic situation and find solace, fun-filled holiday in the exquisite laps of nature good enough for a visit almost round the year. Manjira Majumdar and Snigdha Goswami take you on a virtual trip with a graphic description as they explore these spots. Text: Manjira Majumdar Photos: Manjira Majumdar & Snigdha Goswami With restriction on travel gradually easing, citizens of Kolkata are taking those wandering footstep, albeit gingerly. The winter gave some respite; when weekend getaways from the city saw hordes of…
An architect by profession, a professor by choice and a watercolourist by passion, who croons too, Tushar Manohar Shetty, a Dahisar, Mumbai resident, talks about his perfervid passion for watercolour painting with A Radhakrishnan. What’s your background? Since childhood, I have been always keenly interested in drawing as an art form and explored various subjects in the field. Very much at home making graphite and pencil sketches, I have travelled to many places to nurture this realm of art. My choice of architectural studies was paramount in my mind as it couples technology in tandem with art and moreover is…