Sadhus driving SUVs and complaints about mismanagement deserved more follow up. ARCHANA VENKAT says the foreign media is doing a better job of behind- the-scenes coverage of the Maha Kumbh.

The media welcomed the UID's promise of giving an identity to those outside the system, but has failed to track its failure to do so. MANU MOUDGIL tracks some of the coverage. Pix: Kannan Shanmugam/Wikicommons.

Mustafa's mostly vibrates with the drama of righteous opinion; Singh's tone is more decadent, even frivolous. Mustafa you read for profit, Singh you read for pleasure. MANNIKA CHOPRA reviews 'Durbar' and 'Azadi's Daughter'. Pix: Tavleen Singh (left) and Seema Mustafa

The opening paragraph itself exposes the ideology of discrimination that is structural to the TOI. Clearly the paper's concern with regard to rape is limited to the cityscape and women who constitute immediate kin. An analysis by ARUNODAY MAJUMDER

Even as there is a horrific increase in reported cases of rape, the media is demonstrating that it needs to learn sensitivity in reporting this crime, says ARCHANA VENKAT

When was the last time we saw the word 'claim' being used when a paper speaks about how a power project will bring reprieve and development to a region? ARITRA BHATTACHARYA looks for the PR hand behind some recent DNA coverage. Pix: Ajit Pawar

Soundbite journalism allows those making the charges to get onto a soapbox and have their say without any accountability. But the reader is the ultimate loser as s/he only knows of the charges but not how much of it is really true, says AJITHA MENON. Pix of Robert Vadra: NDTV.com

The reportage in Urdu newspapers was substantially responsible for the after-effects of Assam violence. KABIR ALI calls for an end to the untenable theme of “conspiracy against Islam and Muslims”.

People have been discriminated based on looks, caste, or language. Now add one more to it: body size. ARCHANA VENKAT analyses a health story which is poorly researched and purely one-sided.