Sep 12, 20202 minEditor’s LetterWith everything that has been happening in the news recently, we thought it was a good time to analyse the current status of media in...
Sep 7, 202010 minThe Rise Of Satire NewsOn 24th September 2010, in a publicised congressional hearing, Stephen Colbert, a comedian, gave his testimony to a judiciary...
Sep 4, 202010 minThe Vast Potential of Graphic Narratives in Shaping Conversations Surrounding Socio-Political IssuesReading Time: 10min I sat in silence, stunned, and slowly shut the book. I held it to my chest for a moment before immediately flipping...
Sep 2, 202010 minLiterature and PropagandaReading Time: 10min “The totalitarian mass leaders based their propaganda on the correct psychological assumption that, under such...
Aug 31, 202026 minShakuntala Banaji Interview: Media and CitizensShakuntala Banaji is Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change in the Department of Media and Communications at LSE, where she also...
Aug 29, 20207 minHow Long Before Indian Media Has Its #DalitLivesMatter Movement?‘Mooknayak’ was the first newspaper catering to the oppressed classes, on January 31, 1920. Recently many Indians took to social media to...
Aug 27, 20206 minThe Role Of Artists In Information DisseminationAs I soak in my contemplative existentialism, I often have to remind myself of how our daily tensions result largely due to the...
Aug 25, 20209 minWhose News Story Is It Anyway – A Reporter Or An Organisation’s?Reading Time: 9min For Shiba Kurian, deputy news editor at The News Minute (TNM), the story of Kerala interfaith couples harassed by...
Aug 23, 20207 minIn-Between Development – Freezing Time in a Changing VillageReading Time: 6min In March 2019, I found myself in a quaint little village called Galgibag, resting at the edge of the Karnataka-Goa...
Aug 21, 20208 minThe Khabar Lahariya Interview: India’s Only All-Women Run Media HouseKhabar Lahariya is an all-women media house that focuses on rural journalism. The women who report the stories also edit, produce,...
Aug 19, 20206 minOf Archived Newspaper Clippings and Unclosed TabsReading Time: 6min Sifting through old albums and papers at my grandfather’s house one day, I came across a yellowing newspaper carefully...
Aug 17, 20207 minReporting In An Uncertain TimeOn September 6, 2017, while we were attending a class on the influx of fake news and its utilisation by authoritarian bodies for their...
Aug 15, 202010 minPressing the Press: Recalling the Emergency of 1975, an indelible blot on Indian DemocracyBy analysing the autocratic leaderships of the past, one can observe a conspicuous similarity in the role of oppressive laws in...
Aug 13, 20209 minAbhinandan Sekhri Interview: The State of MediaAbhinandan Sekhri is co-founder and CEO of media critique, news, and current affairs website Newslaundry. He is also co-founder of Small...