Saubhik Chakrabarti
The Indian Express Group
Saturday 14 March '09
In your correspondent’s not-so-short list of news TV favourites are Aaj Tak specials on Dawood Ibrahim.Wednesday 11 March '09
BJP, CPM have allowed Congress to feel good about its bad traits. Bad news for politicsSaturday
7 March '09At least one advantage of having to watch news TV and think about it is that you can recall bits that may have been rendered unremarkable...Saturday
28 February '09Three days in two weeks that showed why news TV is what it isFriday
27 February '09India’s politicians debate market but not government. This is especially costly nowThursday
19 February '09Congress spent four years rubbishing high growth. Now India’s counting the costSaturday
14 February '09Till I saw CNBC’S telecast of the US House Financial Services Committee Hearing — for those who missed it, the video is up on the web...Saturday
7 February '09You have a job, a part of that job is to watch TV news for an op-ed column, a part of TV news now is, and will be for sometime...Saturday
31 January '09Prime Minister Vajpayee’s knee got away lightly compared to Prime Minister Singh’s heart.Friday
30 January '09West’s IOUs are where finance action is hot now. Can it get too hot?Saturday
24 January '09Since being ‘dark’ in India is so different a social, economic, cultural and historical experience from being black in America and since wanting fair brides for NRI sons...Monday
19 January '09Why Modi’s national elevation may be less difficult than it should beSaturday
17 January '09Depth, perspective and the curious chiaroscuro of studio backdropsThursday
8 January '09How politicians, who value capitalism more now, must respond to SatyamSaturday
3 January '09Now you know. Or now you know assuming you have ever wondered whether CNN-IBN’s Devil’s Advocate cannot be a little easier on the eye.Sunday
28 December '08There could be many ways to Pakistan’s hardened heart, when it comes to cracking down on terror...Saturday
27 December '08The Indian media is asking whether Indian and Pakistani media are talking up tension.Saturday
20 December '08So, TV news has given itself guidelines on covering ‘emergency’ situations and a Supreme Court judge, the widely respected J S Verma...Friday
19 December '08Why the Satyam scandal shows this has been a good year for IndiaSaturday
13 December '08For once, said Times Now’s anchor on the 8 o’clock Thursday evening news, politicians have spoken in one voice.Thursday
11 December '08Voters judge state governments, which have large developmental roles, to be more directly responsible for their quality of life. Their votes in state elections are therefore more ‘rational’ and less ‘myopic’Saturday
6 December '08This has been a bad week for those writing on TV news in a fixed column slot — everyone else beat you to it and everything seems to have been said.Saturday
29 November '08This column has abseiled down from the tiny obscure place where newspaper columns go when they stop appearing...Monday
24 November '08Post financial crisis, economic theory must answer two big questionsSunday
16 November '08A feisty history of the world till the financial crisis, but remember to carry your own primer
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