This week on NL Hafta, Ravish Kumar of NDTV India joins us as we discuss two of his recent blogs: What prompted him to call himself a Dalaal and why he doesn’t want young journalists to idolise him. We also discuss the state of journalism schools in India and idealism in journalism. Then we discuss media’s irresponsible reporting in the Sheena Bora murder case: Is the media going ahead of police? The team also discussed Samajwadi Party’s exit from the Janata Parivar and caste politics in Bihar. In the end we discuss Allahabad High Court’s order to UP government to ensure national flag is hoisted at madrasas on the occasion of Independence Day and Republic Day.

For reference:

1. Anand Ranganathan’ piece on Ravish: Ravish pe Report
2. Ravish’s blog: Ravish Kumar sahi mein Dalaal hai
3. Ravish’s blog: Kabhi Ravish Kumar mat ban na
4. Newslaundry report on The Media Foundation’s study: ‘When the dish box knocked down the antenna’: A study on what’s hurting Doordarshan
5. Ravish’s blog: Media k darbaar mein Indrani ki fantasi

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