A polarising metaphor in public discourse, Arun Shourie can leave you with some sobering thoughts to reflect upon.

The 2-day “black-out” was more than just power-loss. The Indian & International media lost their sense of proportion.

For Olympic hopefuls and educational migrants, victory has a thousand fathers. But what of loss?

Drudge labourers are paid the same amount their forefathers were paid two-and-half millennia ago! Is the media taking note?

An exercise in contemporary history, obituary writing in India is yet to earn its spurs in the media space.

Will Patna’s historical ghats be relegated to a watery grave, and sacrificed for Chinese innovation?

Who reads books nowadays? Not our media for sure.

Why is it that we refuse to indulge or invest in media discourse on pure science?

Before indulging in gender discourse, the media needs to first identify the core gender issues faced by women in India.

Has the television-propagated “cult of celebrity” finally become passé?

Temptation, brutality, romance, inspiration. Songs, books and even ads. A rural-urban divide. All thanks to the king of fruits.

The Economist reports an upsurge in the international magazine market. Will India follow suit?

Why has Subramanian Swamy not emerged as the poster boy of the right-leaning middle class? And other questions.

Has the digital age resulted in the "pancake" generation losing its sense of history?

Why does The Hindu never question the dark underbelly of the coaching mafia?

Our national media fails the test of in-depth understanding and analysis of ‘the flaming fields of Bihar’.