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Journalist and editor. Panos South Asia Fellow. Formerly @csmonitor @timeoutmumbai @timesofindia. Interested in #cities #climatechange #books. Needs tamarind.
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RT @JFK_Europa: India Media Buries Paid News Report - India Real Time - WSJ on.wsj.com/17igXMz via @WSJ @Tomwrightasia
India Media Buries Paid News Report
blogs.wsj.com — A major new report on the phenomenon of paid news in India's media is, well, hardly making big news. The report, submitted to Parliament last month by the Standing Committee on Information Technology, is pretty racy stuff. It details how newspapers, television channels and radio stations allegedly take money for positive news coverage.
RT @NiemanLab: The Guardian is hosting a live Q&A with NSA leaker Edward Snowden, beginning at 11am EST. nie.mn/19diGA6
Edward Snowden Q&A: NSA whistleblower answers your questions
guardian.co.uk — It is the interview the world's media organisations have been chasing for more than a week, but instead Edward Snowden is giving Guardian readers the exclusive.
RT @BiIIMurray: It's almost crazy to think that before twitter, all of this nonsense stayed in people's heads.
RT @aparanjape: 60000 sqkm of Western Ghats to be green zone timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environme… Kasturirangan panel report, a scaled down version of Ga…
60,000 sq km of Western Ghats to be green zone
articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com — (Around 60,000 square kilometers...) NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry is expected to approve the K Kasturirangan panel report on Western Ghats and declare around 60,000 square kilometers of the southern hills â€" spanning across six states â€" as no-go area for mining, thermal power plants and heavily polluting industries.
That Atlantic article would be more tolerable if analysis wasn't so shallow. The commenters are better informed. bit.ly/141XVUO
Why the West Loves Sci-Fi and Fantasy: A Cultural Explanation
theatlantic.com — Hollywood's had a long love affair with sci-fi and fantasy, but the romance has never been stronger than it is today. A quick glance into bookstores, television lineups, and upcoming films shows that the futuristic and fantastical is everywhere in American pop culture.
In the ridiculous genre of "why is xx country not like us", Atlantic asks why Bollywood doesn't produce scifi films: bit.ly/141XVUO
Why the West Loves Sci-Fi and Fantasy: A Cultural Explanation
theatlantic.com — Hollywood's had a long love affair with sci-fi and fantasy, but the romance has never been stronger than it is today. A quick glance into bookstores, television lineups, and upcoming films shows that the futuristic and fantastical is everywhere in American pop culture.
RT @Fortweetwo: @TrafflineMUM no water logging in Dadar parel elphinstone. Lots of nice new potholes though. Biker beware
"We have no common ground left, it has all been claimed by Narendra Modi.” On the JDU/BJP split bit.ly/14CsYsh v @DilliDurAst
Ripped down the middle
sankarshanthakur.com — From The Telegraph, 15 June 2013 Patna, June 14: Either the wind did it or some vandal. But intentional or unintended, man's mischief or nature's collateral, it's a sight whose symbolism would grab even the blind. The first big Narendra Modi hoarding to be emblazoned at the BJP headquarters in Patna in the Nitish Kumar years stands ripped down the middle.
RT @Indianmemory: Film-makers looking for archival footage on India, this site has around 421 in their stock. criticalpast.com/video/65675037…
Italian Prisoners of War arrive in Bombay, India, for internment in prison camps during World War 2
criticalpast.com — View Italian prisoners stock footage in Bombay India, 1941. Buy HD video and historic still photo images of clip number 65675037912.
"The man certainly had great taste in fashion, books, furniture, weapons." Jinnah Museum, with pics. bit.ly/11ndgNH v @ZarrarKhuhro
Being Mr Jinnah - The Express Tribune
tribune.com.pk — One day, while driving past the Mazar-e-Quaid with my family, I heard my four year old son refer to it as the 'White Masjid'. While a place of worship is certainly deserving of respect, and I did certainly feel a touch of parental pride at his budding deductive abilities, I felt the record had to be set straight.Have a Story?
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