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Driven by competitive pressures and commercial considerations, the media rarely covers stories of deprivation today. And when it does, facts, causes and effects often give way to sensationalism, largely because of a lack of understanding of the issue.
Poverty Matters brings together a series of lectures delivered by K. Nagaraj between 2000–16 at the Asian College of Journalism, Chennai, as part of the college’s signature course, titled ‘Covering ...
This collection of eight essays seeks to address the issues of ethics in journalism of conflict. Taking four case studies of reporting, one each from Libya, Pakistan, Turkey and India, it raises an important question: how far can a reporter prescribe and opine in his/her reportage?
Further taking a critical look at the contemporary media scene in India, it draws attention towards the vibrant civil society that shook the administration when allegation of ...
This book looks at the triadic relations between faith, the state and political actors, and the ideas that move them. It comprises a set of essays on diverse histories and ideas, ranging from Gandhian civic action to radical free thought in colonial India, from liberation theologies, that take their cue from specific and lived experiences of oppression and humiliation, to the universalism promised by an expansive Islam. Deploying gender and caste as the central ...
At the start of the twenty-first century, we are still debating various fundamental issues pertaining to core human values, popularly known as ‘human rights’. Constituting an important contribution to the debate, the central purpose of this book is to demonstrate the essential link between human rights and democracy. Nalini Rajan maintains that human rights can flourish only in a state which promotes the democratic value of equal consideration of individual ...
Prasadam is a cook-book with a difference. From olden times, every community in India celebrates various festivals and the most enjoyable feature of the celebration is to eat one's favourite foods. Every festival traditionally has one or more sweets and savouries to go with the occasion, for example, Payasam for Hindu New Year, Thengai Poli for full moon day of the month of Shravan, Pooranpoli for harvest times, Murukku for Krishna Jayanti, and so on. Likewise, ...
The Indian media is witnessing an explosive situation with newspaper and magazine circulations increasing in great numbers and television news channels - in both English and regional languages - going up by the day. Internet news portals, too, are recording a good number of hits. Journalism, then, holds tremendous promise for both seasoned and budding journalists. However, behind every promise, there lurk dangers and temptations, which must be ...