Indian Online Journalism

Tharoor’s Net stock

Subhash — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 05:53:44 +0000

The setting up of supporttharoor.org is the democratic right of either Sebastian Fuhrmann or his employers, especially if they are sitting in far-off Germany.
It also seems to be fulfilling a need of those who actually think that “an educated, world-renowned, sophisticated and pro-active minister was shown the door for not much fault.” This fact is even recognised by ET, which has been indulging surprisingly in some old-time-journalistic muckraking on the IPL issue and the Shashi Tharoor fiasco.
Two things worth noting from this is the increasing use of the Web as a political campaign tool even in India. The other is the continued dominance of elite voice in this apparent egalitarian new media.

Reaching for the stars

Subhash — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:23:32 +0000

If minister of state for communications and IT, Sachin Pilot, is to be believed, India will be a fully wired country pretty soon. The minister says that the Rs.17,000 crore ($3.5 billion) in the Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) will be utilised to connect 626,000 villages. He says that it would entail setting up 11,000 communications towers, and that state-run BSNL will be entrusted with this mammoth task. Sounds good so far.
But with no firm dates announced we have to wait for Pilot’s “news on this very soon.”

Financial Times puts archive o…

Subhash — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:21:13 +0000

Financial Times puts archive online http://bit.ly/8ZzouC. All 120 years.

17 Years since 6 December 1992…

Subhash — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:10:56 +0000

17 Years since 6 December 1992 http://bit.ly/6d1MQi (pdf): editorial @E_P_W

National Green Tribunal Bill, …

Subhash — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:08:49 +0000

National Green Tribunal Bill, 2009: Proposals for Improvement http://bit.ly/7X9KwY (pdf) in @E_P_W