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The Indian television coverage of the Mumbai terror strikes left much to be desired. Senior broadcast journalist and media researcher Venkata Vemuri analyses the areas of weaknesses and finds no excuse for the substandard reportage of such a serious issue. …

A journalist should be like a good husband, never cheating on Mrs Truth. But in reality many distinguished writers have been outrageous flirts with fiction. Dan Hogan examines some such — from Truman Capote to James Frey. JOURNALISTS SELDOM TALK about how much fiction goes into their work. …

Mohammed Hanif is the author of A Case of Exploding Mangoes, a novel about the death of Pakistani president, General Zia, in a plane crash. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008, the critically acclaimed and popular work is part detective novel, part conspiracy theory, part journalistic inquiry, and part satire. …

The truth about non-fiction

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Between some projects and Interjunction, which is coming along nicely, blogging has been a bit slow, though there are many things I have been wishing to write about. I thought that for the next several weeks, along with the occasional longer reflection, I would share interesting passages from

Global economics to university politics: more on academic blogs

‘Maoist rebels are mirrors of our own failings as a nation’

Some related posts from Technorati and Google. [interjunction.org] ”˜Media must uphold human rights and social justice principles’: It is important for journalists to avoid taking sides in a conflict, or prejudging an issue, but there is no question in my mind that they must be totally uncompromising in upholding the rule of law in international relations and condemning flagrant

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Authors launch inaugral Palestinian Festival of Literature in occupied territories Five make shorlist for 'African Booker' Cheney and the Neoconzix? Canadian becomes first child soldier since Nuremberg to stand trial for war crimes Journalism: Online (+ print) = future Has Obama finally clinched it? A big loss in North Carolina and a small win in Indiana doom Clinton's chances. Hmmm thanks Erin New International Sign Paul Jay presents RealNews

A somewhat busy schedule over the last couple of months has meant infrequent writing here, with work and Interjunction, a journal-blog on media and academia that I launched with my friend and colleague Chindu Sreedharan, claiming most of my time. But for a while now, I have been wanting to write about some of the peculiarities of the political field, in India and