Articles by Nireekshak

The Unwritten Chapter Nireekshak UNANNOUNCED and unnoticed, be- cause both the management and the editorial staff seemed to have lost themselves in the Verghese affair, Hindustan Times completed its SO years late in 1974 The assistant editor, who had been working on a history of the paper to mark its golden jubilee, has reached a dead-end too

Privilege and Partisanship Nireekshak ALMOST the entire Lok Sabha Press gallery got away with breach of privilege of the House this winter session, proving that there is strength in sheer numbers. The Speaker was inclined to look at it as a one-time exception and condone the lapse with the warning that it would not be allowed again, thereby underlining the pitfalls of parliamentary reporting.

Sick Newspapers: Cure Worse Than Disease Nireekshak CONCERN for employees who had gone without wages for 11 months

have added a new dimension to the desire for security in the West. While the East's desire for relaxation of tension may be attributed to the ever-increasing need for Western investments, the detente does not serve; the interests of the East European countries alone The socialist countries had been putting forward proposals for disarmament and economic co-operation with the West much before the latter had reached the high watermark of their economic boom. Now the crisis confronting the Western industrialised nations may provide a new prop to peace.

Who Dares Bite the Hand That Feeds?
Nireekshak BY both convention and pretension, the two English wire news agencies in India are said to be objective and not given to tendentious reporting. 'Tendentious', to go by the dictionary meaning, is: "having an underlying purpose, calculated to advance a cause". The bountiful government subsidies, which keep these agencies in business, may not be said to have compromised their objectivity. This is, indeed, one of the myths sedulously fostered for years in Indian journalism.