Through The Looking Glass
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Modi’s views on media’s neutrality and journalists’ bias are dangerous
In a recent interview to ‘The Indian Express’, the prime minister interpreted neutrality as being pliant to power.
Kalpana Sharma
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The Readers’ Editor writes: India is in the midst of a water crisis. Why isn’t it an election issue?
No political party has articulated a clear vision of how to ensure India’s depleting water resources are conserved. Few journalists have covered the issue too.
Kalpana Sharma
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Is Arun Jaitley right to claim there are no ‘red lines’ for news sites?
The finance minister described Scroll.in, The Wire, The Caravan and The Leaflet as ‘institutional disruptors’ for reporting on a complaint against Ranjan Gogoi.
Kalpana Sharma
Trending
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Watch: Madhuri Dixit does the viral ‘My Money Don’t Jiggle Jiggle’ dance trend on Instagram
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Caste threads are spawning deadly conflicts in Tamil Nadu schools
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Does US have evidence of alients visiting us on Earth?
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‘Nireeswaran’: A group of atheists plays a prank to mock religion. Things don’t go according to plan
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Kapil Sibal says he has quit Congress, files Rajya Sabha nomination with Samajwadi Party’s support
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Dear media, go beyond asking ordinary Indians, ‘Who will you vote for?’
Get a sense of what the country’s poor and marginalised voters are thinking and saying, what life is like for them, what they hope for the future.
Kalpana Sharma
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The Readers’ Editor writes: The analogy of the virgin birth in a Scroll.in column was insensitive
However, the demand that the article be removed is clearly untenable.
Kalpana Sharma
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The Readers’ Editor writes: After Pulwama, IAF strike, media did not ask even the obvious questions
By minimising official communication, and maximising unofficial messages through a receptive media, the Centre has left several questions unanswered.
Kalpana Sharma
Video
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‘Manchester United are rubbish’: BBC trainee learning how to write ticker text makes it to live TV
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Watch: How the mahua flower shapes the life and culture of tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh
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‘When will we do something?’: Basketball coach Steve Kerr’s angry outburst on US school shooting
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Watch: UP government official fires revolver in the air, claims it was a toy gun
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Watch: These ‘upside-down’ trains transport up to 82,000 commuters a day in Germany
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The Readers’ Editor writes: Here’s proof that the print media in India is alive and kicking
Two reports in the ‘Business Standard’ and ‘The Hindu’ are a reminder of how journalism needs to be done.
Kalpana Sharma
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The Readers’ Editor writes: This election, media should give voice to the poor, not just politicians
A report card of the five years of the Narendra Modi government would be far more useful to voters than uncritical reports of what politicians say.
Kalpana Sharma