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G. Sampath

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Social Affairs Editor @the_Hindu. Author of Autoplay, How to Make Enemies and Offend People. Neurodivergent. Opinions here are personal.

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Can India Inc. face the truth about the Manesar violence? - Analysis - DNA

Can India Inc. face the truth about the Manesar violence? - Analysis - DNA

It would be sad if the ghastly violence at Maruti Suzuki's (MSIL) Manesar plant on July 18, 2012, in which a …

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In Focus Podcast | Cockroach Janta Party: What does it mean to represent India’s ‘cockroaches’?

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By G. Sampath 
| The Hindu
Abhijeet Dipke, a student of public relations in the US, woke up from uneasy dreams one morning and found himself transformed into a ‘gigantic cockroach’. He then founded the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), as a joke. But it quickly acquired a momentum of its own. In less than four days, it notched up more than 1.6 lakh members and 2 million followers on Instagram. What makes the CJP interesting is its popularity and connect among India’s Gen Z.
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In Focus Podcast | Assembly poll results: How do they alter the political calculus in India?

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By G. Sampath 
| The Hindu
The assembly election results have sharply changed the political landscape in India, with the BJP set to form a government on its own for the first time in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, the three-term chief minister often spoken of as the ‘real’ Opposition leader to the BJP, has ended up losing her own seat. In Tamil Nadu, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) a two-year-old political start-up, has emerged as the single largest party, leaving both the Dravidian behemoths, DMK and the AIADMK, in the dust.
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In Focus-Weekend: Breakpoint: What do tech disruption and stagnant wages mean for India’s middle class?

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By G. Sampath 
| The Hindu
Is India’s middle class facing an economic crisis? A new book, ‘Breakpoint: The Crisis of the Middle Class and the Future of Work’ by Saurabh Mukherjea says that it is. It argues that three factors have upended the consumption-driven model that powered the prosperity of India’s middle class since 1991. These are: technological disruption eliminating white collar job creation, wage stagnation eroding purchasing power, and explosive household debt, which exceeds levels seen in US and China.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

As Books Editor, and Chief Copy Editor in the Sunday Features section at a daily newspaper.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No.

How is social media changing news?

The source of news is dynamic and fragmented. Social media itself becomes news quite often. And its also changed news consumption patterns.

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