media

Bowled by a Full Toss

Joy Bhattacharya

Kolkata Knight Riders’ CEO reflects on how a gullible media was beaten comprehensively when the Fake IPL Player ‘broke’ dressing room news.

Media Overkill

Hartosh Singh Bal

A study that expands our knowledge of evolution is being pitched as an overthrow of Darwin even by media outlets such as the BBC.

Peepli (Live)

Ajit Duara

Paradoxically, a film on the Indian media that shines only when the media is off-screen.

The Last One

Sandipan Deb

The valedictory column from a grateful editor

The Hilarious Case of Avatar Tulsi

Manu Joseph

Why is it so easy to plant child genius stories in the Indian media?

The One That Got Away

Jaideep Mazumdar

Had private TV news channels been around while Jyotibabu ran Bengal, his misgovernance would have been exposed much earlier.

Confessions of a Film Journalist

arindam

“Magazines can’t afford to piss off stars as they need them for their award shows. They also don’t want to portray them as evil or dirty as that will distance fans”

Mother India, Reloaded

Venkata Vemuri

Mehboob Khan’s classic is now MI21, a wordless, 45-minute recital of live music set to clips from the movie.

Megazine

Sohini Chattopadhyay

Erik Madigan Heck runs the most expensive journal in the world, at $6,500 an issue. It’s called Nomenus Quarterly and it prints 10 copies. Read it all the way to the bank