I have spent the last few days spot-fixing. To be precise, fixing a spot for my daughter in a school for her eleventh standard. This was an exercise, it turned out for me, shadier than actual spot-fixing because I had to meet a lot of educationists. Without putting a too fine point on it, some of the educationists I ran… Read more →
This week, even if the Chinese troops had made incursions far enough to take control of the Parliament House in New Delhi, we would not have had even a small clue about it from the various sections of the Indian media. You know they (the media) had no time for such insignificant news, as they were fully immersed in giving… Read more →
(As the unseemly spot-fixing scandal unravels, here is a personal recap of a few tumultuous days some 15 years ago when another reporter and I set in search of a Chennai bookie who was thought to have brought much shame to the glorious game of cricket. Save for minor exaggerations for the sake of effect, this is a true account)… Read more →
If you’re a budding journalist and on the verge of landing yourself a job in a media company, I would in all sincerity advise you to ask your interviewer this simple but important question: ‘Does the job involve checking out malls on Sunday evenings?’ If you get an answer in the affirmative —– I say this in all seriousness —–… Read more →
(Disclaimer: Wrote this before the spot-fixing scandal broke out) Mumbai: In a further bid to hold attraction to the family audiences, the IPL today decided to beam the popular serial Balika Vadhu on the giant screen at cricket grounds during the night games. Making an announcement in this regard at a press conference, the IPL governing council chairman Rajiv Shukla… Read more →
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