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<title><![CDATA[The invisible crusader]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[A significant movement seeking land reforms has been ignored on TV. NDTV which is generally into saving tigers hills coasts and such other things had nothing much to say about Mr Rajagopals march to Delhi says PADMAJA SHAW. Pix PV Rajagopal]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No place for childrens woes]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Student research on the Hoot  With their dismal coverage of child development issues Odisha editions of major English newspapers fail to sensitise  in the  state with the highest infant mortality rate. NEHA BHANDARKAR says children constitute 12 of Odishas population and their exclusion from the print media is a matter of concern. Pix child labour in Orissa from orissadiary.com]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The price of seven billion]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[TV  channels erupted to news that the seven billionth human being was imminent but the subject faded as quickly as it arrived. Why scream that children are dying from encephalitis when similar willingness to examine overpopulation is not there asks  SHYAM G MENON  Pix Desiradio.com]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Mumbais slum demolitions go unreported]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Though almost half of Mumbais population lives in slums its English print media readers remain unaware of the rapid demolition of thousands of homes. The demolition of the Golibar slum has gone largely unreported deemed irrelevant to English readers. JYOTI PUNWANI critically examines the issue In a new column.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[No one is going beyond the floods]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The full picture of Pakistans 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]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Opening up defecation]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Although millions of rural and urban Indians do not have decent sanitation and thousands die from diarrhoea the issue is like an abandoned terrain that nobody wants to tread on. TERESA REHMAN speaks of an initiative to draw attention to this sensitive issue.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ When the hungry go on hunger strike]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Why cant media houses keep up a relentless coverage on the unseen and ongoing disaster of hunger    give voices and faces to the voiceless and faceless who live and die in our villages SEEMA KAMDAR makes a passionate plea for the media to break the glass wall that separates the two Indias.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Speaking for themselves]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[An innovative pilot programme in Andhra Pradesh trains children in using video to bring local problems to public attention and claim their right to self expression. P.ANIL KUMAR tells the story.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Empowering marginalized voices]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Charkha Development Communication Network has been connecting unheard voices from the margins to the mainstream media for last 15 years writes MD.Ali]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sticking to the Gujarat governments  version]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Does the Narmada issue and its emotive appeal in Gujarat predetermine the stylistic and editorial cuts in such a way that an officials version is zealously embraced putting aside all the qualms about verifying the truth asks HIMANSHU UPADHYAYA. Pix Sardar Sarovar Dam]]></description>
<link>http://www.thehoot.org/web/home/story.php?sectionId=20&#38;mod=1&amp;pg=1&amp;valid=true&amp;storyid=4439</link>
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<title><![CDATA[Monday morning A breath of different air]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Before critics scream so what it is a product of another well worked out publicity strategy the story needs to be looked at in terms of what perhaps the print editions of our newspapers could potentially do. B P SANJAY on the N Ram  interview with Melinda Gates.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Green Kerala Express ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The selected   green development story is covered in detail by  Doordarshan anchors who  travel by bicycle exemplifying a reduction in carbon footprint JAI CHANDIRAM profiles a social reality show by the much maligned public broadcaster.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dialogue of the deaf]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Why would Karan Thapar want to bring Binayak Sen on his show For roughly the same reason it transpired that an Arnab Goswami would want to bring a Gautam Navlakha on his. SEVANTI NINANs  Idiot Box column.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Untold stories of the Doordarshan years ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The DD years have been exhilarating and fun we dared we fought we often won. Innovation was a necessity for achieving dreams and impossible realities. JAI CHANDIRAM who spent 35 years in Doordarshan looks back on the broadcasters 50th anniversary.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Did the media catch the flu]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The tempering words of a few individuals cannot possible negate this overall picture that comes through the visuals. KALPANA SHARMA asks if the media lost perspective  in the way it covered the H1N1 Flu.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[For the truth about the Kosi river  track the Nepal media ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[One gets to see more news on the Kosi barrage  under the control and operation of the Government of Bihar  emerging from Nepal based media houses rather than from the Indian media says  HIMANSHU UPADHYAYA.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unearthing rural corruption]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Marathi newspapers expose corruption and find 60 percent of the employees in Maharashtras agriculture department are unqualified reports PRABHAKAR KULKARNI]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[NREGS look closer]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In reporting from the performance audit reports of Rural Employment Schemes the media should go into the details. Depending on the summary statement can be misleading stresses HIMANSHU UPADHAYAYA]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Celebrating good news]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[In its 400th issue Down To Earth focuses on inspirational  community and personal success stories at the grassroots level. SHRAVYA JAIN reviews this special edition.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Forging a network of Southern journalists ]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[The new frontiers of the medias role require it to move beyond mere reporting to a more incisive role in creating in depth understanding of key issues. RUPA CHINAI connects with journalists in Africa and Latin America to articulate new challenges]]></description>
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