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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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Spare us our daily visionSubscriber Only
April 21, 2003 00:00 IST
Until a month ago, we believed news was 24x11. Twenty four hours about Politicians (which has 11 letters). However, for BBC and CNN it’...
Mon, Apr 21, 2003Oh, what a funny war!Subscriber Only
April 14, 2003 00:00 IST
My name is nobody. Back home, they call me Duby... (oops) but out here, I cannot disclose my identity: my movements are restricted and my br...
Mon, Apr 14, 2003At war with realitySubscriber Only
April 08, 2003 00:00 IST
If K is the key to success in Hindi TV dramas, the alphabet D is the coalition’s lucky letter in Iraq. Notice the words used to describ...
Tue, Apr 08, 2003Of skulls, ‘centre of Baghdad’ and misbriefsSubscriber Only
April 07, 2003 00:00 IST
Skulduggery: The mysterious affair of skeletons. Saturday, British forces stumbled upon 200 wooden coffins. BBC and CNN revealed skulls and ...
Mon, Apr 07, 2003Launch bumpy, needs to cruiseSubscriber Only
April 07, 2003 00:00 IST
Pity Star News and Sahara Samay. The news channels which went on air last week. They have dropped anchor right in the middle of a war. If th...
Mon, Apr 07, 2003A conflict of perspectivesSubscriber Only
April 06, 2003 00:00 IST
Saturday. 14.30 pm. An American journalist for the Atlantic Monthly Monitor (we think) accompanying American troops into the ‘‘cen...
Sun, Apr 06, 2003High spirits, sorry sightsSubscriber Only
April 05, 2003 00:00 IST
The Iraq war is just another TV show. ‘‘First,’’ exclaimed the DD anchor brightly, ‘‘the highlights of the day...
Sat, Apr 05, 2003Across war’s mindfieldsSubscriber Only
April 04, 2003 00:00 IST
There's Betsy, Buster and Dolphin. Names of special forces caught on camera by CNN when it tired of tanks, trucks and troops. Betsy is Walt...
Fri, Apr 04, 2003Tunnel vision on tubeSubscriber Only
April 03, 2003 00:00 IST
Have you noticed that channels have replaced the Roman calendar with the Iraq War calendar. Like every other day, TV anchors began Wednesday...
Thu, Apr 03, 2003‘What you are seeing is smoke’Subscriber Only
April 02, 2003 00:00 IST
It’s just as well that we can’t understand Iraq’s Minister for Information. What he says sounds bad enough in English — ...
Wed, Apr 02, 2003Track III television: Second Gulf War unites India and PakistanSubscriber Only
April 01, 2003 00:00 IST
India and Pakistan may never agree on Kashmir, but for once, both are in harmony. Under normal circumstances there should be rejoicing in Wa...
Tue, Apr 01, 2003What they say is what we getSubscriber Only
March 31, 2003 00:00 IST
They say the truth is the first casualty of war. In this second Iraq conflict, today’s fact became tomorrow’s fiction. News channe...
Mon, Mar 31, 2003Awe and shock, it’s embeddedSubscriber Only
March 24, 2003 00:00 IST
The way they tell it on television, you’d think war is just another statistic. Sixteen Stealth bombers, 3,000 Tomahawk bombs, B2 bomber...
Mon, Mar 24, 2003Channels caught on boundary lineSubscriber Only
March 17, 2003 00:00 IST
Everyone who watches television should be immediately prescribed a one-week course of Prozac — that’s if they are not already pop...
Mon, Mar 17, 2003Reality in the days of tube moralitySubscriber Only
March 10, 2003 00:00 IST
On Reality TV channel, there’s the delightfully named Cheaters. Uh, as Venkatesh Prasad would say. In a detestably cheerful voice, the ...
Mon, Mar 10, 2003Cricket runs riot, polls in backseatSubscriber Only
March 03, 2003 00:00 IST
It’s Super Saturday. It’s Run ki bhoomi. It is Sabse Bada Ghamasaan. Actually, it’s the Day That Counts declared the pun-lovi...
Mon, Mar 03, 2003Reality that hurts the eyeSubscriber Only
February 24, 2003 00:00 IST
When they say cricket is a funny game, they don’t mean ‘‘ha-ha, isn’t that hilarious?’’, they mean ‘‘...
Mon, Feb 24, 2003Clean bowled in maiden overSubscriber Only
February 17, 2003 00:00 IST
Mandira Bedi’s mouth glistened at the prospect, the tip of her tongue stole out in anticipation. ‘‘Let’s take a lick at ...
Mon, Feb 17, 2003Forget Saddam, pad up for other warSubscriber Only
February 10, 2003 00:00 IST
Did we say it’s only a game, not Saddam Hussein? How foolishly naive. This is War. Nothing less. Nothing More.Haven’t you been wat...
Mon, Feb 10, 2003The Cup that overflowethSubscriber Only
February 03, 2003 00:00 IST
Hey, ye cricket couchers: while watching the World Cup, don’t raise that finger (sorry, hand), exchange bats (sorry blows), rub those b...
Mon, Feb 03, 2003That annual sinking feeling againSubscriber Only
January 28, 2003 00:00 IST
The best that can be said for Republic Day on Doordarshan is that it is so predictably predictable. Like other diehard regulars on the publi...
Tue, Jan 28, 2003Patriots on the prowlSubscriber Only
January 20, 2003 00:00 IST
With ‘‘Mera rang de, mera rang de...’’ on his lips, Bhagat Singh (DD National) made his way to death. The noose awaited ...
Mon, Jan 20, 2003In the news: more newsSubscriber Only
January 13, 2003 00:00 IST
Sahara TV announced that its national Hindi news channel Sahara Samay will start up in February. Simultaneously, it hopes to launch a news c...
Mon, Jan 13, 2003Satellite dish of loveSubscriber Only
January 06, 2003 00:00 IST
Love is on the air. People are falling in love like it’s one giant unavoidable pothole, falling out of love like it’s a volcano in...
Mon, Jan 06, 2003Less of more, more or lessSubscriber Only
December 30, 2002 00:00 IST
Everything has changed, utterly. As 2002 began, we gazed across our frontiers at cross-border terrorism, at Pakistan’s President, who i...
Mon, Dec 30, 2002Journalism of Courage
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