Genocide of TVs
t was a classic case of killing the messenger because they didn’t like the message. The messenger was the television sets that belonged to Indians in India and the message…
Politics in the age of TV
THE angry politician is back on television. Last week, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi was released from jail after the Islamabad High Court allowed him bail. Since his release, he has been giving television…
Who will bell the Hindutva cat?
In direct proportion to the helplessness they are experiencing, activists from India’s left and secular corners are looking agitated – collectively and individually. The apparent absence of a workable strategy…
Spotlight: HR development and misguiding presentations are major challenges!: Our vibrant TV: The last part at last (for now)!
Several channels offer programmes in which people with some kind of trouble in life are advised to read certain verses from the Qur'aan "x" number of times at a certain…
Spotlight: On screen manners and graphic crime depiction are major challenges! Our vibrant TV: Part 2 (Like it or not Part 3 follows!)
When a programme started by a channel becomes popular in terms of viewership it is understandable that other channels would want to follow suit with similar programmes. FOLLOW THE LEADER…
Spotlight: Criminals exposed by Media men (and women) at great risk to themselves! Our vibrant TV Part One (But wait till you see Part Two)!
As far as I know, first, Aaj News started with a series of programmes exposing crimes of various kinds in the country. Soon several others followed suit and the result…
Anchors, spooks and jihadis
When you make a name and a (very good) living from the spoken word, it’s hard to make the case that a recording of your voice is a forgery. This…
Bill of riots
BURNING utilities bills is all the rage across the country these days. Amidst stifling inflation, the choicest invective is reserved for electricity generation and distribution companies by the rioting public. We…
A state in chaos
WITH Pakistanis in a ride combining a super-fast roller coaster and a merry-go-round, one cannot resist asking how this cursed nation ended up here. It has faced massive problems since…
Hysteria triggers or analyses?
THE phrase used to be ‘paralysis by analysis’, when someone was guilty of overanalysing a situation or individual. But even then such an exercise was harmless, if boring, with the…
