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[Grevion]

happy Irani is out of hrd , I like her but was Never fit to run hrd

trust in Modi grows further

@Echo_419 what did I say ?

by the way time to intensify #jaitlet4president campaigning

Jaitley for President.
Which one India or US?

 

[jaunty]

Nope, it will be in news now.

I doubt it. There are just not as many opportunities to be in the news.

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Jayanti Sinha moved to civil aviation.. FDI numbers cause the move as PM was unhappy with his performance
Arjun ram meghawal is MOS finance

 

[ranjeet]

I doubt it. There are just not as many opportunities to be in the news.

Well lets wait and see.

 

[magudi]

Jayanti Sinha moved to civil aviation.. FDI numbers cause the move as PM was unhappy with his performance
Arjun ram meghawal is MOS finance

JS was a good man he took the fall for real pm I think @ranjeet

 

[PARIKRAMA]

Here is the portfolio of the Union Council of Ministers

Prime Minister:

Narendra Modi
Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions
Department of Atomic Energy
Department of Space
All important policy issues, and
All other portfolios not allocated to any Minister

Cabinet Ministers

Rajnath Singh: Home Affairs
Sushma Swaraj: External Affairs
Arun Jaitley: Finance Corporate Affairs
M Venkaiah Naidu: Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation |Information & Broadcasting
Nitin Jairam Gadkari: Road Transport and Highways Shipping
Manohar Parrikar: Defence
Shri Suresh Prabhu: Railways
D. V. Sadananda Gowda: Statistics & Programme Implementation
Uma Bharati: Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Najma A. Heptulla: Minority Affairs
Shri Ramvilas Paswan: Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
Kalraj Mishra: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Maneka Sanjay Gandhi: Women & Child Development
Ananthkumar: Chemicals & Fertilizers | Parliamentary Affairs
Ravi Shankar Prasad: Law & Justice | Electronics & Information Technology
Jagat Prakash Nadda: Health & Family Welfare
Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati: Civil Aviation
Anant Geete: Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Harsimrat Kaur Badal: Food Processing Industries
Narendra Singh Tomar: Rural Development | Panchayati Raj | Drinking Water & Sanitation
Chaudhary Birender Singh: Steel
Jual Oram: Tribal Affairs
Radha Mohan Singh: Agriculture & Farmers Welfare
Thaawar Chand Gehlot: Social Justice and Empowerment
Smriti Zubin Irani: Textiles
Dr. Harsh Vardhan: Science & Technology | Earth Sciences
Prakash Javadekar: Human Resource Development

Ministers of State

Rao Inderjit Singh: Planning (Independent Charge) | Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
Bandaru Dattatreya: Labour & Employment (Independent Charge)

Rajiv Pratap Rudy: Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (Independent Charge)
Vijay Goel: Youth Affairs and Sports (Independent Charge) | Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Shripad Yesso Naik: AAYUSH (Independent Charge)
Dharmendra Pradhan: Petroleum and Natural Gas (Independent Charge)
Piyush Goyal: Power (Independent Charge) Coal (Independent Charge) New and Renewable Energy (Independent Charge) Mines (Independent Charge)
Jitendra Singh: Development of North Eastern Region (Independent Charge) Prime Minister’s Office Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions Department of Atomic Energy Department of Space
Nirmala Sitharaman: Commerce and Industry (Independent Charge)
Mahesh Sharma: Culture (Independent Charge) Tourism (Independent Charge)
Manoj Sinha: Communications (Independent Charge) Railways
Anil Madhav Dave: Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Independent Charge)
General V. K. Singh: External Affairs
Santosh Kumar Gangwar: Finance
Faggan Singh Kulaste: Health & Family Welfare
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi: Minority Affairs | Parliamentary Affairs
SS Ahluwalia: Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Parliamentary Affairs
Ramdas Athawale: Social Justice & Empowerment
Ram Kripal Yadav: Rural Development
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Giriraj Singh: Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir: Home Affairs
G M Siddeshwara: Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises
Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi: Drinking Water & Sanitation
Rajen Gohain: Railways
Parshottam Rupala: Agriculture & Farmers Welfare | Panchayati Raj
MJ Akbar: External Affairs
Upendra Kushwaha: Human Resources Development
Radhakrishnan P: Road Transport & Highways | Shipping
Kiren Rijiju: Home Affairs
Krishan Pal: Social Justice & Empowerment
Jasvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor: Tribal Affairs
Sanjeev Kumar Balyan: Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation
Vishnu Deo Sai: Steel
Sudarshan Bhagat: Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Y S Chowdary: Science & Technology | Earth Science
Jayant Sinha: Civil Aviation
Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore: Information & Broadcasting
Babul Supriyo: Urban Development Housing & Urban Poverty Alleviation
Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti: Food Processing Industries
Vijay Sampla: Social Justice & Empowerment
Arjun Ram Meghwal: Finance | Corporate Affairs
Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey: Human Resource Development
Ajay Tamta: Textiles
Krishna Raj: Women & Child Development
Mansukh L. Mandaviya: Road Transport & Highways, Shipping, Chemicals & Fertilizers
Anupriya Patel: Health & Family Welfare
CR Chaudhary: Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution
P P Chaudhary: Law & Justice Electronics & Information Technology
Subhash Ramrao Bhamre: Defence

http://indianexpress.com/article/in...i-out-of-hrd-ministry-venkaiah-naidu-gets-ib/

 

[magudi]

Jaitley for President.
Which one India or US?

Modi should do with shri *you know who* what Sonia did to the then FM pranab mukherjee

 

[ranjeet]

JS was a good man he took the fall for real pm I think @ranjeet

He was flying too close to the SUN .. so jaitley gave him Civil aviation.

 

[magudi]

Anyone noticed ?

Unlike UPA days almost all presstitutes got their predictions from 'sources' on cabinet rejig gone wrong .

 

[ranjeet]

Anyone noticed ?

Unlike UPA days almost all presstitutes got their predictions from 'sources' on cabinet rejig gone wrong .

Nalini Singh on NewsX said had this been UPA government Nira Radia would have told the media already about the reshuffle.

 

[indiatester]

Anyone noticed ?

Unlike UPA days almost all presstitutes got their predictions from 'sources' on cabinet rejig gone wrong .

I heard Barkha saying this sort of dependence on press releases from govt. is "not journalism".
It was funny that she was suggesting the govt actually cater to the media as a "middle men"

 

[magudi]

Nalini Singh on NewsX said had this been UPA government Nira Radia would have told the media already about the reshuffle.

btw does anupriya patel ever come with any less make up ?

 

[Grevion]

Modi should do with shri *you know who* what Sonia did to the then FM pranab mukherjee

Nah. There are more oldies/deserving people in BJP to become the President then him.
It could be that pranab Dada will be offered another tenure as he is in good terms with PM Modi.
However I would like to see some inspirational choices like APJ Kalam was appointed by Vajpayee or someone from the north east to be the President.

 

[ranjeet]

Nah. There are more oldies/deserving people in BJP to become the President then him.
It could be that pranab Dada will be offered another tenure as he is in good terms with PM Modi.
However I would like to see some inspirational choices like APJ Kalam was appointed by Vajpayee or someone from the north east to be the President.

You don't chose Presidency, Presidency chose You.

 

[magudi]

I heard Barkha saying this sort of dependence on press releases from govt. is "not journalism".
It was funny that she was suggesting the govt actually cater to the media as a "middle men"

this is a must read in the context of barkhas and sagarikas of the world


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Arnab Goswami vs Sagarika Ghose: Indian journalism is in a churn


Since this is an opinion column, my considered opinion formed after following their work over more than a decade is that Sagarika Ghose is an under-average journalist while Arnab Goswami shrilly advertises his mediocrity night after night.
I'm not being selective in picking just these two but for the context they generated in the last few days after Arnab Goswami's now-famous interview with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But to set the record straight, let me say that my equally considered opinion about most TV news talking heads and anchors spans the entire gamut from "below average,” "vacuous,” "shrill,” and "disgusting.” On TV, there is nary a space for serious and contemplative discussions and most participants are chosen for reasons other than original thought, scholarship or record of public service.

You can call me old school but my old school mindset has never allowed me to marshal the courage to let facts come in the way of my opinions. To get an idea of what I mean by "old school,” I present an excerpt from the legendary Dr DV Gundappa's essay titled ' The Profession and The Training of a Journalist ':

…journalists writing on everyday worldly affairs must, as a prerequisite, have knowledge in the following subjects: (1) Politics (2) Economics (3) Jurisprudence (4) Logic. There is no knowledge or fact that is not useful to a journalist. Anything that is related to the life of humans will prove useful for a journalist at some point…. It is self-evident that a journalist must be endowed with the ability to write in a style that is simple, clear, decisive, unambiguous, and tight. However, this must also be accompanied by hard labour in at least two fields in art or science. He must be well-versed in the history of his own nation, and know its geography intimately. Because various countries and cultures have made inroads into our nation in our time, the journalist must at least be acquainted with the geography, history, and culture of those countries and cultures as well. He must constantly and everyday revise his labours in politics and economics. Likewise, he must also have decisive knowledge in art, poetry, drama, music, and sculpture. Thus, unless the journalist inculcates within himself specialized and in-depth knowledge in at least one field that falls outside the purview of his routine work, his standard will fail to rise higher than mediocrity…. on any topic that he writes, there will be at least one or two readers who are more knowledgeable than he himself is. He must ask himself what they would think about his writing. Such a thought process yields an attitude of healthy trepidation, which is the root of responsibility. The greater this trepidation, the greater this sense of responsibility, and the greater it motivates the journalist to read widely, deeply, and examine anything from as many perspectives as possible. Ultimately, this results in a greater benefit to the reader. This is how the paper earns the respect of the people and society…. However, the primary and basic qualification for a journalist is to develop a character of culture and refinement. (Translated from the original in Kannada by me)
I suppose this passage both foresaw and warned of the pathetic state that journalism would descend to, as exemplified today by a majority of the Indian English media.

In the Sagarika-Arnab spat that
Firstpost itself has summarised quite well, it must be said that Arnab Goswami makes a valid point when he takes an open dig at the "machinations and intrigue of Lutyens journalism” and makes a veiled reference to their incurable support for the Nehru dynasty whose latest heir, Rahul Gandhi, left them "disappointed with how he let them down.”
Indeed, the wording of Sagarika Ghose's tweet (which she later deleted) shows in full Technicolor how she views journalism: she equates an interview with the Prime Minister to a bestowal of favours on a journalist.

This is not journalism. It is a desperate and frustrated plea for political patronage, which pretty much characterises much of the Lutyens journalism that Arnab Goswami refers to. That there existed a media-political nexus was well-known but the appalling extent to which it flourished came out in the open in the last few years of the dark UPA-2 regime - the Radia tapes being the greatest symbol of the time. I highly recommend reading the late Vinod Mehta's Editor Unplugged which contains really sordid revelations of the cesspool that the English media has become.

Neither is the aforementioned phenomenon of journalists seeking political patronage restricted to India or is of recent vintage. In his classic epigram, The Uncelestial City , the British poet Humbert Wolfe reminds us how
You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.
But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.

Humbert Wolfe wrote this in the context of British journalists who acted as wanton apologists for the crimes of British imperialism, and it wouldn't be far from the truth to say that large sections of Lutyens journalists continue to act as apologists for the Sonia-controlled Nehru dynasty and Congress party. This scathing expose by journalist Sandeep Bhushan in the Open magazine uncovers how some editors specialised in the "Sonia is unhappy” brand of journalism:

Just as I was gearing up for another 'live' report from in front of Mrs Gandhi's residence, my boss literally stood before me and ordered me to spin the story around 'Sonia is unhappy' as a theme. I was left with little choice. Sonia had not issued a statement. Yet the story had irrevocably changed. The next morning, even the print media was full of the same spin… Stories impacting Sonia's image are carefully choreographed right at the top, at the level of promoters and editors who are on first-name terms with key Congress functionaries such as Ahmed Patel. But Patel, the consummate spin doctor, also has a line with beat reporters; they need each other in the demanding 24x7 news cycle where a single 'untutored' line could damage the Congress President's image… It has also assured him plum reporting options, including (maybe) a trip with the PM on his next foreign visit. When it comes to reporting on the Gandhis, this is precisely how much of the electronic media functions.

The seeds for said patronage were sown by and took deep and pervasive roots thanks to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who gave away large parcels of land in Delhi to journalists ostensibly to "place a roof above their heads.” The value of these lands today is anybody's guess. Ever since, press freedom halted at the courtyard of obligation, which then transformed into an active quest for patronage as it must.

Some have also argued that the reason for Sagarika's outburst against Arnab is rooted in jealousy: that today he has become a far bigger celebrity than her, given how they both cut their teeth in TV journalism at the same NDTV school. Arnab obliquely refers to this in his retort by calling her a "has-been anchor” and how Times Now is the number one channel with billions of views, etc, which is why the PM gave him the interview.

Arnab is surely free to self-congratulate but the fact is that his ruthless nocturnal TRP expeditions have slaughtered even the notion of debate.
Setting that aside, when we closely observe the events of the 2004-2014 decade, we obtain two major revelations premised on a singular fact: a sustained and vicious witch-hunt of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi by the selfsame Lutyens media, which continues till date albeit with nearly-muted tenor. Entire careers were made, fabulous wealth amassed and influence peddled by mediapersons based solely on vilifying Modi. Indeed, Karan Thapar once issued a call for "the sudden removal of Narendra Modi” in the Hindustan Times .

First, there was a point after which Modi simply refused to interact with the media. I believe this inflection point to be the Karan Thapar interview on CNN-IBN which Modi cut short and walked away from. Sagarika Ghose was then a prominent anchor at the same CNN-IBN with a record of relentless Modi-baiting both on screen and in her columns. Second, Modi discovered that latest technology in connectivity was a far more powerful medium using which he could bypass the media and directly reach the masses. And it paid him handsomely.

And as we witness, his scorched-earth policy regarding the English media hasn't caused any dent to his image or popularity whereas the public perception of the English media continues to become progressively dimmer.


Episodes like the Arnab-Sagarika spat augur well for the society as a whole because they indicate a churn hopefully for the better. The media code of omerta which till recently forbade journalists from writing against one of their own - this was most noticed in the Tarun Tejpal case where a section of influential journalists desperately tried to protect him, and attempts are still being made to resurrect him-seems to have been finally broken. The
Open magazine report quoted earlier is just one of such instances.

Perhaps this bit from Lord Byron illustrates this churn best:

I stood in Venice, on the Bridge of Sighs,
A palace and a prison on each hand:
[…]
And such she was--her daughters had their dowers
From spoils of nations, and the exhaustless East
[…]
In purple was she robed, and of her feast
Monarchs partook, and deemed their dignity increased.
[…]
In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more,
And silent rows the songless gondolier;
Her palaces are crumbling to the shore
Postscript: Perhaps Sagarika Ghose missed the irony before she put out that deleted tweet: both she and Arnab Goswami work for Bennett Coleman & Co. Ltd.


http://m.firstpost.com/india/arnab-...-indian-journalism-is-in-a-churn-2870876.html


@Levina