July , 2009
Don't just ask what they did for you
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Reporting on rains in Mumbai invariably takes you to the banks of the Mithi river. The river/nullah (the jury is still out on what it should be called) is believed to be the primary cause of the 26/7 deluge. And every year since that crores have been spent on desilting, cleaning up and even building walls around its banks to prevent the flood waters from getting into people's homes. Every day before the monsoons the desilting was carried out diligently. Every year when the river goes over the danger mark, there is a hue and cry about the BMC's inefficiency. Questions are raised about whether any lessons have been learnt from the deluge and where has all the money gone. But this year we heard a different tune. The difference could be felt as we went with our cameras to the usual water logged areas. In most....
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Kajal Iyer is a senior correspondent with CNN IBN. She is a gold medalist in Mass Communication from Symbiosis Institute of Media and communication and got placed from campus. It was the shows like Surabhi, The World This Week and regular reading of Sunday Op-ed pages that prompted her to consider journalism as a career. Prior to CNN IBN, she has also worked for newspapers like Times of India, Midday in Pune and the Gujarati eveninger Sanj Samachar in Rajkot. She covers the civic beat in Mumbai and is interested in the basic bijli, paani, sadak brand of journalism, but also loves to cover the ocassional court room drama. Her biggest assignment till date has been covering Nariman house during 26/11 attacks. Writing is a passion for her and so is old Hindi film music. She is a trivia enthusiast and loves to watch shows on Discovery and the History channel.
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