Tag Archives: Dalits

False equivalency

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

Margaret Sullivan in the Washington Post on August 16: Does finding these powerful ways to frame the [Charlottesville] situation amount to abandoning journalistic impartiality? “The whole doctrine of objectivity in journalism has become part of the [media’s] problem,” Jay Rosen, a journalism professor … Continue reading →

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Bollywood, Kollywood, etc.

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

Tamil cinema has been able to touch upon societal ills more often and better than Bollywood has been able. Continue reading →

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