Archive for the 'media' Category

Mona Sarika’s Short, Disgraced Career, Thanks to Plagiarism

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

If you are writing blog for Wall Street Journal what a “normal” writer would like to do? of course he / she would try to give his/her best. Or would you try to plagiarize matter from another website, like BBC? One might be out of mind to do that. But shortcuts in life seem so [...]

JAI HO!! A. R. Rahman Wins Oscar for Slumdog Millionaire!

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Music maestro A.R. Rahman has added another first in his cap. Rahman has become the first Indian composer to win an Oscar for his music in Slumdog Milllionaire. Rahman was nominated in the Best Original Score and the Best Original Song categories for the Oscars and he won both. He has won best original score [...]

Blogger Silenced by NDTV

Friday, January 30th, 2009

I read this post here.
Here’s the apology published by Chyetanya Kunte, and here is how different bloggers have responded.
I’m reproducing here a part of his unconditional apology:
Consequently, I hereby repudiate and withdraw my post dated November 27, 2008 titled "Shoddy Journalism" and, more specifically, the following allegations / statements made in the post titled [...]

Cool Dudes?

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

I read this screaming headline. Girls assaulted at Mangalore pub
The activists of Sri Rama Sena entered the Amnesia Bar and Restaurant on Dr Shivaram Karanth Road on Saturday evening and threatened the women sitting inside. The men, who took objection to women drinking alcohol, pushed them outside, many women falling to the ground while they [...]

News Channels Being Stupid?

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

This guy/ Guys/ gal/gals is /are simply amazing. I admire the way he/she/they really makes/make an effort to write and before writing, does/do some actual research. After reading his/her/their post, it seems that news channels are still living in some fools paradise. They still have to feel the impact of internet how they can’t fool [...]