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Showing posts with label magazine journalism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magazine journalism. Show all posts
Sunday, July 29, 2012

Is philanthro-journalism the way forward?

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An excerpt from a well-researched, thought-provoking feature in a recent issue of The Economist : Readers and advertisers have switched t...
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 ...
Sunday, March 11, 2012

Do you find this magazine cover offensive?

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Or do you think it is a clever way to tell a story about the merger of two major airline companies in the US? When Bloomberg Business...
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Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Can writers be... sexy?

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Well, they should, says author Karan Mahajan . Writing in a recent issue of Tehelka , he recounts how he almost posed naked "against th...
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Monday, October 31, 2011

From a newspaper article to a monthly newsletter and, now, a bimonthly magazine devoted to books and reading

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Two years ago, Rohita Rambabu (Class of 2011), who was then the Books Editor of the Commits newspaper, had written an informative piece on...
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Friday, August 13, 2010

Fresh ideas, fresh writing

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Has anyone noticed the vibrant quality of writing in the incomparable Tehelka ? And also in the newish Open and in the relaunched Carava...
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Friday, May 28, 2010

The World Cup of Kabaddi...

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...and the top prize of Rs.1 crore was won by India, who beat Pakistan in Bathinda, Punjab, in early April. Open magazine (April 23) gives r...

A fascinating look at how the internet turned a 16-year-old into a pop phenom

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Time (May 17) headlines Claire Suddath's article "Pop Star 2.0", a reference to Justin Bieber who is being hailed as "th...
Thursday, May 6, 2010

How well do you know your men?

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Tehelka has this occasional series on Indian men, which the magazine began with this hilarious look at the contradictions in the Malayali ma...
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It's rare to find a business story about Ekta Kapoor in Indian magazines or newspapers

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And even more rare to find a well-written one. So it was a treat to read this excellent analysis of the trials and tribulations and, now, th...

Reading CAN help your writing

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Time Out Bengaluru , in my opinion, is the best "local" magazine in the city, for the writing, the editing, the headlines... the ...
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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

All hail The Caravan for giving us...

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...some marvellous reads in the latest issue. There's hardly any magazine in India that opens up its pages wholeheartedly to long-form j...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010

How do you write about personal experiences?

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Especially when they leave a bad taste in your mouth and smack of racism? Here's a young Guwahati-based journalist writing in Tehelka on...
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The bureaucrat who had to resort to using foul language to get minions to do his bidding

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The Open magazine issue of May 7 has at least two articles that are worth reading — one by an Australian writer on her experiences of life ...

On marrying a "brown man"

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I have always wondered about the ramifications of a white woman marrying an Indian man and choosing to live in India. How does she tackle th...
Friday, April 30, 2010

How NOT to write a profile

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The IPL controversies have led to many names being dragged in the mud, perhaps deservedly so. But did Sunanda Pushkar have to be lambasted ...
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....
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Raghu Rai's new book...

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... India's Great Masters contains some powerful images of music and ecstasy, says Tehelka in in its issue of April 10. Go here and cl...