Professor M.S. Swaminathan's outspoken advocacy of the need for a second Green Revolution to put Indian agriculture back on track with spirited support from the media, which was dealt with i... »

The passionate call of agricultural scientist and food policy expert M.S. Swaminathan to the Indian news media to resume their “active participation in revitalising our agriculture and... »

Reader responses to last week’s column on media-related malpractices during elections throw further light on this serious issue, which is now before the Press Council of India. Some of them c... »

Electoral malpractices such as bribing voters, impersonation, intimidation of voters by the goons of rival candidates, tampering with vote lists, and manipulating the location of polling boo... »

A reader’s query about the word “homemaker,” which is increasingly used in preference to “housewife”, prompted me to undertake a quick study. It was worthwhile... »

The robust reader response to last week’s column (“Science journalism: role of training an... »

In mid-September, two young men called me at my residence and introduced themselves as engineering (leather technology) students of Anna University. They said they wanted to choose journalis... »

A reader has referred to “Barmicide’s feast” mentioned in an editorial page article, “The road to inclusive growth” (September 15, 2009, paragraph 6). Stating t... »

During a visit to India in November 2008, Earl Wilkinson, Executive Director of the International Newspaper Marketing Association (INMA), cautioned the Indian newspaper industry of an impending &ld... »

“ In this media era, people expect stories and information to be constantly updated; the correction is, in essence, a form of update, albeit one that addresses past error rather tha... »