Antony, Nehru, King, Kennedy, Churchill

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Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears Long years ago we made a tryst with destiny, and now the time comes when we shall redeem our pledge, not wholly or in full measure, but very substantially. At the stroke of the midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom. A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long supressed, finds utterance. It is fitting that at this solemn moment we take the pledge of dedication to the service of India and her people and to the still larger cause of humanity. But there is something that I must say to my people, who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice: In the process of gaining our....

The Thin Red Line

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do a moral duty. I give people news. I tell them what happens outside the closed doors of their houses. I am the reason they live in a free to inform, educate and discuss all environment. I am the press. The press of this country and worldwide have built their foundations on these principals of moral righteousness and intellectual high ground for centuries now. The oh so common refrain of how we uphold a mirror to the society in order to reflect back its own image so that people can see the truth of their own existence. Now lets look at it this way. I sell a product. I sell beautiful images and melodious sounds to people. I try in every way possible to capture a slice of your time so that you can use your eyeballs, ears and mind looking at what all I can dish....

The Back Room Boys

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"Beta when are you coming on TV?" This inevitable question has been put to me so many times since I let people know I was working in a news channel. When I tell them that I am at the assignment desk which is a very important function in co-ordination and management of a news channel the 'oh I see' look says it all. One wonders then about the conventional way people think about how this industry of images and sounds works. Many don't know and realize the kind of work and effort which is put in by people who are not visible to the rest of the world. Now this is not about self appreciation or boasting of how great the rest of us are. But certainly its about the fallacy of human nature and numbed sense of an existence in a small manually created world. It comprises....

The Thin Red Line

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I do a moral duty. I give people news. I tell them what happens outside the closed doors of their houses. I am the reason they live in a free to inform, educate and discuss all environment. I am the press. The press of this country and worldwide have built their foundations on these principals of moral righteousness and intellectual high ground for centuries now. The oh so common refrain of how we uphold a mirror to the society in order to reflect back its own image so that people can see the truth of their own existence. Now lets look at it this way. I sell a product. I sell beautiful images and melodious sounds to people. I try in every way possible to capture a slice of your time so that you can use your eyeballs, ears and mind looking at what all I can dish....