Cartoonists in American newspapers during World War II didn’t seem have much regard for, or an understanding of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. This article from the August 24, 1942 issue of…Continue Reading →
The advertisement that got everyone talking: in the office, at home, on Twitter, on Facebook, on blogs and even on…
One day, in the comparatively innocent times that we grew up in, a friend announced, “I had oral sex.” I…
There is nothing new about the news of news being paid for. I first became aware of this practice as a mass communication student in the early 2000s. To me,…Continue Reading →
It’s November 26. Said to be the day we commemorate what is often called India’s 9/11. The date-month order may…
…or at least some people at The Indian Express think so. I wouldn’t have otherwise posted about this ‘oversight’, but…
Hindustan Times seems to have a thing for makeovers. I remember seeing at least four different avatars of the newspaper. Good. Change is good. Though I didn’t quite like their…Continue Reading →
Yesterday, The Union Minister for Railways Lalu Prasad Yadav tabled a populist Railway Budget for the next financial year in…
On my usual ad hunting endeavour I happened to discover this 1987 piece by Mohan Sivanand (accompanied by RK Laxman’s…
