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Media Should Stop Sensationalising Social Issues  and Be Change Catalysts

Media Should Stop Sensationalising Social Issues and Be 'Change Catalysts'

🕔1 Feb 2016 8:03 PM IST 👤 Susan Koshy

Rohith Vemula commits suicide, apparently in disillusionment and disappointment with his life and...

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Remembering the First Republic Day 1950 - Tributes to Dr Ambedkar

Remembering the First Republic Day 1950 - Tributes to Dr Ambedkar

🕔26 Jan 2016 8:44 PM IST 👤 Prime Point Srinivasan

This cartoon drawn by Enver Ahmed was published by Hindustan Times on 24th January 1950, two days...

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The Drone - An Unsung Hero of the Chennai Floods Rescue Operations

The Drone - An Unsung Hero of the Chennai Floods Rescue Operations

🕔1 Jan 2016 10:28 PM IST 👤 Susan Koshy

The recent Chennai floods and its aftermath saw the emergence of many Good Samaritans in the role...

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Chennai Rains - Lessons Learnt - Nature is Supreme

Chennai Rains - Lessons Learnt - Nature is Supreme

🕔1 Jan 2016 10:17 PM IST 👤 Sukruti Narayanan

During normal life, the city people generally do not move with or interact with neighbours,...

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Rains Unprecedented in 100 Years at Chennai

Rains Unprecedented in 100 Years at Chennai

🕔1 Jan 2016 9:51 PM IST 👤 Prime Point Srinivasan

For almost a month up until the first week of December, Chennai experienced unprecedented rains,...

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Incredible India or Intolerant India?  Role of Celebrities and Media in Society

Incredible India or Intolerant India? Role of Celebrities and Media in Society

🕔1 Dec 2015 2:27 PM IST 👤 Prime Point Srinivasan, Susan Koshy

During the past three months, some celebrities and writers have been accusing a section of the...

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India in International Alternative Sports

India in International Alternative Sports

🕔1 Nov 2015 7:06 PM IST 👤 Susan Koshy

Emerging Sports It was on 11th of September 2015 that 42-year-old Leander Paes won...

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Data Privacy Redefined

Data Privacy Redefined

🕔1 Nov 2015 6:00 PM IST 👤 V Rajendran

These days it has become quite fashionable to talk about personal data, information privacy,...

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The Sahitya Akademi Award – To Return or Not to Return

The Sahitya Akademi Award – To Return or Not to Return

🕔1 Nov 2015 5:09 PM IST 👤 Susan Koshy

Recently, some writers and authors, honoured by the renowned Sahitya Akademi, seized the attention...

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A Case Study – Political Intolerance and an Arrest!

A Case Study – Political Intolerance and an Arrest!

🕔1 Nov 2015 4:58 PM IST 👤 Prime Point Srinivasan

Ananda Vikatan, a leading Tamil weekly published a cartoon on their cover page in their issue dated...

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The 4-Way Test as a Guiding Principle

The 4-Way Test as a Guiding Principle

🕔1 Nov 2010 10:32 PM IST 👤 N Vittal, Former Central Vigilance Commissioner

In this age of a borderless flat world, communications are the very soul of a society and every...

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Avoiding Miscommunication – An Interesting Procedure in the Indian Railways and Airlines

Avoiding Miscommunication – An Interesting Procedure in the Indian Railways and Airlines

🕔1 Oct 2010 2:16 PM IST 👤 Prime Point Srinivasan

Two persons – the Loco Pilot and the Assistant Loco Pilot operate the locomotive. Due to the...

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