Faisal Kapadia : Articles

BY Faisal Kapadia| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |09/11/2008

How cool it would be to have a Muslim in the most powerful seat in the world. Obviously today everyone is looking for a foot in the right door, and the White House is one hell of a door.

Incitement on Geo TV

BY Faisal Kapadia| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |26/10/2008

The guest panelists referred to the extermination of the members of the Ahmadiyya Community as incumbent upon all Muslims, and the host repeated this instruction several times.

Familiar complaints from across the border

BY Faisal Kapadia| IN MEDIA PRACTICE |30/09/2008

The next time you watch in horror as a talk show host predicts the breakup of our nation or extols the nightmare of Talibs coming to get ya--switch off the idiot box

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Amazon resisting voluntary censorship

The new term for self censorship is voluntary censorship, as proposed by companies like Netflix and Hotstar. ET reports that streaming video service Amazon Prime is opposing a move by its peers to adopt a voluntary censorship code in anticipation of the Indian government coming up with its own rules. Amazon is resisting because it fears that it may alienate paying subscribers.

Let the games begin

Clearly, the run to the 2019 elections is on. A journalist received a call from someone saying they were from Aajtak channel and were conducting a survey, asking whom she was going to vote for in 2019. On being told that her vote was secret, the caller assumed she wasn't going to vote for 'Modiji'. The caller, a woman, also didn't identify herself. A month or two earlier the same journalist received a call, this time from a man, asking if she was going to vote for the BSP.