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Weekly Roundup
Thursday, April 21st, 2011

Libya’s foreign minister has warned against a plan by Britain to send a team of military personnel to advise rebels, saying that the move will harm chances of obtaining peace in the country. Abdul Ati Obeidi told the BBC that a UK military presence in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi would prolong fighting. He instead [...]
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Anti-Corruption, Media Scan, Weekly Roundup
Wednesday, April 20th, 2011

Razia Sahab, BeyondHeadlines Anna’s agitation against political corruption and the bill proposed by him got together the whole country specially youths. But since the beginning, many people raised questions on the appropriateness and applicability of the proposed bill. Various Hindi dailies regarded such statements as worthless. On April 13, the editor of the widely circulated [...]
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Latest News, Media Scan, Weekly Roundup
Tuesday, April 12th, 2011

Razia Shahab, BeyondHeadlines The editorial, articles and columns of the last week’s Hindi news papers were dominated by India’s victory in the ICC World Cup 2011. The fabulous performance of Team India in the World Cup final cheered the whole country. The remarkable victory was the prominent topic of discussion for people as well as [...]
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Lead, Weekly Roundup
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Razia Shahab, BeyondHeadlines A book entitled “The Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India” written by UK journalist Joseph Lelliweld remained a subject of discussion in the Hindi media throughout the week. Columnists and editors of different leading Hindi dailies have expressed their views on this topic. The titles of the published columns [...]
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Media Scan, Weekly Roundup
Saturday, March 26th, 2011

Razia Shahab, BeyondHeadlines As the United States, France and Britain attacked Libya, it grabbed the whole attention of the Hindi media. Media experts are seeing this attack as the politics for getting control over oil reserves and relating this attack to US attack on Iraq. An article published in the leading Hindi daily Nav Bharat [...]