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Paradise Lost and Regained: The Common Man Only Lost

In a recent incident of Saturday, May 4, 2013, a woman street hawker outside the restaurant was beaten by a ‘bouncer’ employed at the  popular Paradise Biryani. A few customers got outraged and one brave woman, wrote a blog that went … Continue reading

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India’s Public Health System Fails Yet Again: The case of Runa Begum with Hydrocephalus

You have already seen the news about Runa Begum, a 17 month old baby girl from Agartala, Tripuara who suffers from Hydrocephalus, medical condition in which fluid accumulates in the brain leading to an abnormally large head circumference. It is … Continue reading

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Delhi Gangrape and Beyond: There is no point separating the ‘system’ and ‘us’

At the risk of oversimplification, I would like to summarize that there are two dominant discourses taking shape in the aftermath of the delhi gangrape incident. The first one is blaming poor governance that includes ineffective police,dated laws, social stigma … Continue reading

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Do event outcomes affect how we rate their coverage? CNN IBN and US Elections 2012

Media feeds on elections. Counting and results declaration is when news becomes a “mass audience” genre, and the US Election results night more globally so is such a mass audience event. As I write, Obama has just been declared victorious. Apart … Continue reading

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Why mobile Internet in India won’t boom anytime soon?

Haven’t we all been hearing that the Internet boom in India is waiting to happen. We will soon get past the tipping point. We just need to overcome a few barriers. So what are these barriers?  About 10 years ago, … Continue reading

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