arnab goswami Archives

Shashi Tharoor, You’ve Put Liberals in a Spot. We Now Have to Defend Arnab Goswami

With that FIR against Arnab Goswami, Shashi Tharoor has now legitimised the Republic TV anchor as a journalist. Tharoor has enabled the biggest bully of our times to play the victim card, and put all of us in the awkward position of having to side with Goswami on the issue of freedom of press.

Devaiah Bopanna July 2, 2016

POV

Five Reasons We All Need to Start Paying for Our News Again

Fake news has become a scourge, publications are more beholden to advertisers than readers, and it’s more lucrative to cater to echo chambers than to actually inform and guide. The time has come to resume paying for news, irrespective of political leanings.

Deepak Gopalakrishnan June 30, 2016

POV

Tum Saale Presswalleh

If it isn’t the media’s job to introduce nuance to debate, to question prevailing narratives, to side with the people – all people, and not just the privileged – whose job is it?

Arnav Das June 16, 2016

Modern Family

Help Me! My Father is a Bhakt

I don’t recall my father ever displaying any obvious political preferences, but the turning point came during the 2014 Modi wave. Our mini flare-ups soon escalated into full-blown brawls, and conversations began to end the way they do on the internet, with me being labelled a naive Congi.

Aditya Bhalla May 22, 2016

Sports

Virat Kohli, No More the Internet Darling

The internet is an unpredictable lover. Virat Kohli learnt this the hard away after India’s humiliating defeat against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy final.

Dushyant Shekhawat May 18, 2016

POV

The Anti-Bhakt One-Man Army

While other dissenters have tried to distance themselves from the bile spewed by bhakts, Humans of Hindutva stands out from the pack by gladly getting into the mud and wrestling the swine.

Dushyant Shekhawat April 22, 2016

People

Arnab Goswami and Television of the Absurd

Arnab Goswami believes English news viewers also crave the drama of a Hindi news channel. The over-the-top theatrics of Republic TV seem to be the culmination of his vision.

Naomi Datta April 2, 2016

POV

“Even the Bhakts Are Here”: How Ardent BJP Supporters Have Joined Anti-CAA Voices

All through last 10 days, the police crackdown, the imposition of Section 144, and internet shutdowns over the Citizenship Amendment Act saw many BJP loyalists turn. They have a common complaint – they were banking on Modi’s development agenda not divisive politics.

Shubhodeep Pal March 28, 2016