How Can You Avoid Fake News And Make Your Social Media Feed Better?
Problems have been discussed and shared thoroughly, now let’s talk about solutions. We are all aware that this loud and TRP-hungry media is biased, toxic, and ultimately, harmful for our mental peace....
View ArticleIn Photos: COVID-19 Welfare Measures In Rajasthan And Himachal Pradesh Explained
The pandemic has been a major disruptive force in India’s welfare system. But, to what extent? Explore the following two photo essays to understand the COVID-19 welfare measures that have been taken in...
View ArticleIf This Political And Media Culture Continue, Democracy Will End Up In A Coffin
When people trust each other and distrust their politicians, they get a democracy. When people distrust each other and trust their supreme leader you get fascism. The question is how do you express...
View ArticleQuick Byte: Dear Indian Media, Can We Believe In You?
Dear Indian media, You stand for people. You stand for their voices. And, ‘people’ does not mean the majority, nor just our fellow Indian nationals, it should include people from every corner of the...
View ArticleThe Indian Language Is Politicised And So Is Instagram
Dear reader, I’m assuming you can read this. If you can, then you were probably educated in an ‘English-medium’ school on the Indian subcontinent. Most likely, you live in a big city. It’s probable...
View Articleपर्यावरण संरक्षण का संदेश देती है फीचर फिल्म ‘वनरक्षक’
प्रकृति रक्षति: रक्षिता: यानी जब हम प्रकृति की रक्षा करेंगे तब ही प्रकृति हमारी रक्षा करेगी। जी हां, प्रकृति जिससे एक व्यक्ति जब जन्म लेता है और जब इस दुनिया को छोड़ता है तब तक उससे कुछ-न-कुछ लेता है।...
View ArticleSensational and Narcissistic: Why There Is Nothing Exclusive About Indian...
The launch of Hickey’s Bengal Gazette, India’s first newspaper heralded the arrival of an age defined by media. Since then, public opinion has never remained the same. It is widely acknowledged that...
View Articleक्या भारतीय मीडिया अब भी लोकतंत्र का चौथा खम्भा कहलाने लायक है?
भारतीय मीडिया हमारे संविधान का चौथा स्तंभ कहा जाता है। यानी यदि तीनो स्तंभ अपना काम ढंग से ना करें, मतलब विधायिका, कार्यपकलिका और न्यायपालिका अपना कार्य ईमानदारी से ना करें, तो निश्चित ही पत्रकारिता...
View ArticleHas Indian Media “Crossed Over To The Dark Side”?
The fourth estate of democracy, media, has a powerful influence in the country. However, in recent years, media has been subjected to a lot of criticism for the manner in which they have disregarded...
View Article“The Politics Of Today Is No Longer The Graceful ‘Debate Culture’ Of Democracy”
I have been keen on certain books before. I don’t think you love books if you don’t have a couple of them that you’re obsessed with! But, never before have I found a book that made me squeal for my...
View Articleयदि हॉरर फिल्में देखना आपको पसंद है, तो अस्सी के दशक की ये फिल्म ज़रूर देखनी...
एक देखने लायक हॉरर फिल्म। बारीक सूक्ष्म दृष्टि लिए हुए फिल्म। इस किस्म की हॉरर फिल्में बहुत कम बनती हैं। इस विषय की फिल्मों की एक खास रूपरेखा-सी गढ़ दी गई है। क्यों एक हॉरर फिल्म वैसी ही होनी चाहिए...
View Articleप्रवासी मज़दूरों की पीड़ा का आईना है भोजपुरी रैप “का बा”
अभिनेता मनोज बाजपेयी का पहला भोजपुरी रैप वीडियो “बबंई में का बा” आने वाले समय में भोजपुरी गीत-संगीत में मील का पत्थर साबित होगा। कुछ दिनों पहले यूट्यूब पर रिलीज़ हुआ यह नया भोजपुरी रैप वीडियो...
View ArticleHow Can ‘Responsible’ Journalism Save And Strengthen Our Democracy?
If it were left on me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter,” said Thomas Jefferson....
View ArticleIs The Indian Media Biased? Read What Our YKA Users Had To Say!
This Day of Democracy, we asked our users if they think our journalists are doing their jobs effectively, or completely moving focus away from critical issues like the falling GDP, loss of jobs and...
View ArticleIs The Media Biased Or Is It Just Showing Things We Don’t Want To See?
Indian media is not biased, its the people of this country who are biased. We want things to settle according to our views. We are not concerned about someone’s life. All we are concerned about is just...
View ArticleWhat’s Stopping The Media From Being Inclusive And NOT Xenophobic?
Sometime in the month of March, a woman suffering from intense abdominal pain from a pre-diagnosed urinal tract infection was denied treatment in a renowned hospital at Kolkata, West Bengal. She then...
View ArticleMasaba Masaba: Seeing The New Netflix Series Through Queer Eyes
The new web series on Netflix based on the life of Masaba and Neena Gupta is like a fresh breath of air. However, the GenZ lifestyle has some Queerphobia and may pinch the queer eyes. Masaba Masaba is...
View ArticleOpinion: Is The Indian A Watchdog Or A ‘Lapdog’?
Someone recently stated in their criticism against media that “instead of doing its job as the watchdog, the media, nowadays, has transformed into a lapdog of the government.” When we look into the...
View ArticleOpinion: Once The Fourth Pillar Of Democracy, Indian Media Is A Putrid...
Ashaant hokar chale gaye Sushant“, was the headline that began doing the rounds on a popular Hindi news channel moments after the media got wind of Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Things went from bad to...
View ArticleRest in Power: The Importance Of Black Panther And Chadwick Boseman For The...
I am not a die-hard Marvel fan. I don’t even know the names of half of the superheroes, let alone their superpowers. I delayed watching Black Panther even when it received both commercial and critical...
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