THE READING ROOM

This blog is primarily for media aspirants as well as young journalists. My aim is to provide links to articles that will enhance their understanding of the media and help them to improve their writing skills, broaden their horizons, and expand their worldview. My hope is that The Reading Room will also help them to become good media professionals.

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Friday, March 30, 2012

A tribute to an iconic Bengali actor

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It was only five days ago that I was listening in fascination as Commitscions Kaustav Datta and Atreyee Sen talked in awe about the grand ol...

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Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Prakash and Mandakini Amte: The most inspirational story I have read in years

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An e-mail I had sent out to my students, friends, and relatives in September 2009 (I did not have my own blog at the time): Prakash and ...

Wednesday, February 8, 2012

What it means to be a features journalist with a daily newspaper

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Commitscion SHREYA DUTT (Class of 2010) was, till recently, a features writer with the Deccan Chronicle in Hyderabad; she was in charge of ...

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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

How Shammi Kapoor saved the life of a Time journalist

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BOBBY GHOSH Bobby Ghosh, the deputy international editor of Time and former Baghdad bureau chief, writes in the magazine that he was nev...

Friday, November 26, 2010

An excellent example of an interview-based local feature

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Commitscion Dipankar Paul (Class of 2009), who was also a co-editor of the college newspaper , recently interviewed Christel DeHaan, the ...

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

On SRK's birthday, a tribute by a well-known entertainment journalist

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Yesterday was Shah Rukh Khan's 45th birthday. To mark the occasion, ToI published a feature on the superstar by noted entertainment jou...

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

If you want to be healthy...

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...a lot depends on you and your attitude towards a healthy lifestyle, says Madhuri Ruia, a nutritional and Pilates expert who writes a colu...

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Thursday, April 29, 2010

Why is Plato known as Aflatoon in the subcontinent?

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Mint columnist Aakar Patel gives us the lowdown in this erudite, fact-filled, and interestingly written piece . Also, here's another ...

Friday, April 16, 2010

Time says the iPad will usher in a new era for journalism

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The managing editor of Time, Richard Stengel, writes: "In the media these days, we have to participate in things that we also cover....

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Why was the cyclone that hit Kolkata and Bangladesh in May 2009...

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...named “ Aila ” ? I was curious and so was a Mint reporter — he developed it into a story. How creative! It turns out that storm names ...

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Ramesh Prabhu: Bangalore, Karnataka; I have more than 20 years' experience (1981 to 2003) as a journalist in India and Dubai, specializing in selecting and editing news reports and features. From 2003 to 2019, I taught journalism and writing skills to master’s students at Commits, a media college in Bangalore. I joined Cactus Communications ("Serving Science Worldwide") as a copyediting freelancer on October 1, 2019. From the very beginning, I have enjoyed the challenge of working on a new assignment each day. I like to think of every article as a daily crossword puzzle that I need to solve by examining the clues closely. And, finally, when I submit the article that I have tended, I like to think, with love and care, I feel deeply satisfied.

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