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Shailaja Bajpai
Shailaja Bajpai has been writing about television since 1984. "Far too long," in her own words. But she has also watched it change, grow, grow and grow into what is today... the elephant in the room and any conversation on any subject. In her case, it would be true to say that you have to pay her to watch television!
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Wind your way to <i>pavan m</i>ukt aasanaSubscriber Only
May 30, 2005 00:00 IST
They lie there row upon neat row in their heavy silks or airy cotton sarees, in their shirts and trousers, upwards of a thousand. He sits on...
Mon, May 30, 2005What’s up in the stock market? It’s all bull!Subscriber Only
May 25, 2005 00:00 IST
A year ago, when Manmohan Singh was to become PM, the stock market had a nervous breakdown. It lost control of its sensex, not because Mr Si...
Wed, May 25, 2005BJP a victim of overexposureSubscriber Only
May 16, 2005 00:00 IST
Was anyone ever more provoked? Viewership measurement says the BJP receives more air coverage than any other political party. What it doesn&...
Mon, May 16, 2005What’s the similarity between Kaal, Pepsi?Subscriber Only
May 09, 2005 00:13 IST
What’s the difference between a film preview and a plug? The difference between Hollywood and Bollywood. A preview provides information...
Mon, May 09, 2005Going out on a limb on very littleSubscriber Only
May 02, 2005 00:02 IST
The Lakme Leg Week received more coverage than the political dressing down Vajpayee gave Laloo Yadav, Sheila Dikshit’s early summer woe...
Mon, May 02, 2005The train of little thoughtSubscriber Only
April 25, 2005 00:00 IST
There’s daylight between what TV channels show and we want to see. Channel heads ought to summit and agree on some codes of coverage. T...
Mon, Apr 25, 2005Television is just not cricketSubscriber Only
April 19, 2005 01:02 IST
Anchor: Is Saurav to blame for his six-match ban?Expert: It’s the lackadaisical attitude of the team.A: Let me ask you—is he respo...
Tue, Apr 19, 2005The great Papal white outSubscriber Only
April 11, 2005 00:53 IST
If it had happened on Indian channels we would have screamed, ‘‘How can they?’’ Because it was BBC and CNN we said, ...
Mon, Apr 11, 2005On TV, a love story would be Hair-RanjhaSubscriber Only
April 04, 2005 00:00 IST
One thing can be said about hair with certainty—it grows on you. Rather like nails. Both can be cut, shaped, coloured too. However, nai...
Mon, Apr 04, 2005Cricket matches on television and their silly pointsSubscriber Only
March 28, 2005 00:00 IST
What can we say of the cricket telecast? Learn to cut like Rahul Dravid? Currently, they cut like players do a pack of cards before a deal&#...
Mon, Mar 28, 2005A costly couch for Shakti KapoorSubscriber Only
March 21, 2005 00:00 IST
“Will you walk into my parlour?’’ said the spider to the fly. The fly was understandably reluctant to accept the invitation b...
Mon, Mar 21, 2005Of petticoat junction, wardrobe makeoversSubscriber Only
March 14, 2005 00:00 IST
It was International Women’s Day last week, and the Fourth Umpire (DD) celebrated it in normal style: the lady on the show was a decora...
Mon, Mar 14, 2005Those Reality Poll ShowsSubscriber Only
March 07, 2005 00:00 IST
It’s Reality TV time and no, we speak not of the Indian Idol final. At the Railway Budget, Laloo Prasad Yadav, in a daisy yellow sleeve...
Mon, Mar 07, 2005The bigger crime of crime reportingSubscriber Only
February 28, 2005 00:00 IST
TV News crime reporting and crime shows deserve today’s Oscar. Sansani (Star News), Dial 100 (NDTV India), Aaj Tak’s Jurm, or Sony...
Mon, Feb 28, 2005Of bad manners in Hyderabad and the tsunami photo-opSubscriber Only
February 21, 2005 00:00 IST
What Sania Mirza had that her opponent didn’t was court presence, an entire stadium and DD Sports’ telecast of the WTA championshi...
Mon, Feb 21, 2005Tear-ing us togetherSubscriber Only
February 14, 2005 00:00 IST
THE legal wrangle over cricket telecast rights has gone on too long (do you even remember when it began? Last August, just before the Austra...
Mon, Feb 14, 2005Hail to the Republic, but also to Richard GereSubscriber Only
January 31, 2005 00:00 IST
This may be a politically incorrect sentiment but the soldiers and the fly past on Republic Day are such a stirring sight, you want to march...
Mon, Jan 31, 2005Laloo’s week, Bush’s day but Sania’s hourSubscriber Only
January 24, 2005 00:00 IST
If Sania Mirza was nervous, imagine how the rest of us felt. First, you were nervous because you didn’t know when her Williams match wo...
Mon, Jan 24, 2005Predictions, predilectionsSubscriber Only
January 17, 2005 00:00 IST
After tsunami, whenever the weather report appears on the screen with the map of South or South East Asia and those graphic ocean or wind mo...
Mon, Jan 17, 2005News flash: It’s new year, how about something new?Subscriber Only
January 10, 2005 00:03 IST
It's that time of the year when we get to make a wish list, even though the chances of it being realised are as remote as Simi Garewal appea...
Mon, Jan 10, 2005For little less hysteria, little more informationSubscriber Only
January 03, 2005 00:00 IST
When tsunami broke loose on the last Sunday of 2004, initially, you watched the TV coverage to learn the pronunciation and meaning of a word...
Mon, Jan 03, 2005Politics on camera and <i>kissa kiss ka</i>Subscriber Only
December 20, 2004 00:00 IST
Wonder if the Speaker has done us a favour by dedicating a live Parliament channel to the nation (Doordarshan). It might be instructive to w...
Mon, Dec 20, 2004Another denture bites the dustSubscriber Only
December 13, 2004 00:00 IST
It was the year of big smiles revealing large teeth. Most of the contestants had one or the other and if ever a mouth deserved to win, it be...
Mon, Dec 13, 2004Guns and posersSubscriber Only
December 06, 2004 00:00 IST
Had you watched Bowling for Columbine (AXN) before you saw Fahrenheit 9/11, you would have known what to expect: plenty of Michael Moore who...
Mon, Dec 06, 2004O brothers, where art thou?Subscriber Only
November 29, 2004 00:00 IST
Perhaps, the initial footage said it all. Perhaps the succeeding images signalled a change. At the start of TV’s latest ‘K’ m...
Mon, Nov 29, 2004Journalism of Courage
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