SC RELIEF TO MAYA
'SC hands Maya victory'
Asian Age
'Supreme Court sets aside stay on new district in Amethi'
Hindu
'Maya gets nod to rename Amethi'
Hindustan Times
   
 
Neither Ms Dutt nor her fraternity have till now felt the need to venture out of their air-conditioned studios into these badlands and find out exactly why UP farmers are out shouting slogans on Delhi streets.  And Mayawati's arrogance is akin to the media's indifference, says RITU PANDEY 
Peepli [Live] has ended up trivializing a very grave issue and fails to highlight the real plight of the farmers or the dimensions of the agrarian crisis. The film hardly talks about the factors that may have led Natha and Budhiya to talk about suicide, says NISHANT UPADHYAY
Media narratives: Jammu versus Kashmir. The Dainik Jagran published from Jammu took it upon itself in the summer of 2008 to give voice to Jammu's anger, anguish and sense of discrimination. 
Two years after Amarnath erupted and caused a lasting schism between Jammu and Kashmir, The Hoot looks at the role played by the media in the state. Did they rise above the strife or did they opt to cater to their home constituencies? Did they try to douse flames or did they feed them? Part I, Stoking Fires. 
The Hoot excerpts a passage from Robin Jeffrey's Media and Modernity. Selected and introduced by SUBARNO CHATTARJI
A report that has no quotes on behalf of the accused and names, although as an alias, a rape victim, violates basic journalistic ethic. SANKAR RAY comments on the police-ed reporting that some sections of the media indulge in.
The full picture of Pakistan's month of sorrow has still not emerged. The rigour shown by media while reporting religious extremism and terrorism in Pakistan, is absent in the floods coverage, says SHYAM G MENON
“We are forever on the road, talking to people about all their movements and little mutinies." Against the backdrop of the current battles against the Posco and Vedanta projects in Orissa,PRIYANKA BORPUJARI talks to SUDHIR PATTNAIK, editor of Samadrusti.

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