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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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A sporting lifeSubscriber Only
July 13,1998 00:00:00 AM
How sporting of them. To gift the nation a new channel devoted to men intent on beating men and women on whacking each other. Before you beg...
Mon, Jul 13, 1998Booze is bad but DD is deadlySubscriber Only
June 22,1998 00:00:00 AM
This one is delectable, made to measure for Yes Minister -- the BBC serial in which the minister is continually undermined by his own bureau...
Mon, Jun 22, 1998Budget BluesSubscriber Only
June 08,1998 00:00:00 AM
This ought to have been a minute critique of the budget analysis on television across channels. However, if there is one lesson learnt from ...
Mon, Jun 08, 1998Gill will have to go, says SwarajSubscriber Only
May 07,1998 00:00:00 AM
NEW DELHI, May 6: A stalemate over the fate of the Prasar Bharati is on the cards with Information & Broadcasting Minister Sushma Swaraj...
Thu, May 07, 1998A Drinking ProblemSubscriber Only
April 20,1998 00:00:00 AM
The flavour of the week? Rather high on calories, low on taste and decidely dangerous for your liver. Alcohol. Hiccup.Well, it has given the...
Mon, Apr 20, 1998Anchors Ahoy!Subscriber Only
March 09,1998 00:00:00 AM
A small, silly detail. Still...Channels had threatened 72-hours live, continuous coverage of the election results. A few (excluding regional...
Mon, Mar 09, 1998As tears go bySubscriber Only
March 02,1998 00:00:00 AM
Exit Poll '98. Much, much longer than Nalini Singh's hair and not nearly as colourful as her attire. At least the first two hours. Ideally, ...
Mon, Mar 02, 1998We, the peopleSubscriber Only
February 16,1998 00:00:00 AM
Water, water no where nor any drop to drink. From the golden sand dunes of Rajasthan to the green fields of Karnataka, the people complain a...
Mon, Feb 16, 1998Politics, Politics…Subscriber Only
February 09,1998 00:00:00 AM
Either Mr.I.K.Gujral believes that this is a television election or else he wants as much TV coverage as possible before the polls because h...
Mon, Feb 09, 1998TelescopeSubscriber Only
February 09,1998 00:00:00 AM
Politics, Politics...Either Mr I K Gujral believes that this is a television election or else he wants as much TV coverage as possible befor...
Mon, Feb 09, 1998Body LineSubscriber Only
February 02,1998 00:00:00 AM
What is shiny, sleek with beautiful curves? What purrs, never roars and moves like a dream? If you say a motor car, auto-suggestions obvious...
Mon, Feb 02, 1998Poor politicsSubscriber Only
January 27,1998 00:00:00 AM
If only politicians played cricket, they'd be so much more entertaining to watch. Willingly suspend your disbelief, and imagine, if you woul...
Tue, Jan 27, 1998Poor politicsSubscriber Only
January 26,1998 00:00:00 AM
If only politicians played cricket, they'd be so much more entertaining to watch. Willingly suspend your disbelief, and imagine, if you woul...
Mon, Jan 26, 1998Dead and liveSubscriber Only
December 29,1997 00:00:00 AM
It wasn't the best of times. No blockbusters, chartbusters, no World Cup Cricket (leastways, there was the Women's World Cup but that's not ...
Mon, Dec 29, 1997I saw the news today, oh boySubscriber Only
December 08,1997 00:00:00 AM
As general elections beckon us once again to the ballot box, current affairs of the political kind, on the idiot box, assume additional imp...
Mon, Dec 08, 1997I love my IndiaSubscriber Only
October 06,1997 00:00:00 AM
It's been the kind of week that comes in a country's history but once in while. The kind of week which makes your chest swell with pride an...
Mon, Oct 06, 1997Just two minutesSubscriber Only
August 11,1997 00:00:00 AM
History in the blink of an eye. You have to hand it to the BBC: at least it blinks. While the rest of the world snored, ignored, the Britis...
Mon, Aug 11, 1997Telescope — Death has a bad repSubscriber Only
July 28,1997 00:00:00 AM
A young boy dies after imitating the dangerous stunts in a soft drink TV commercial. The commercial is promptly withdrawn by the company. A...
Mon, Jul 28, 1997Enough, no moreSubscriber Only
July 21,1997 00:00:00 AM
People are seldom satisfied. They're always complaining. ``Why, there's nothing to watch on TV'', is a common comment. ``Every channel is t...
Mon, Jul 21, 1997Is TV only trash?Subscriber Only
July 14,1997 00:00:00 AM
We like to think of television as trash. People (as opposed to the masses), intelligent people with discerning tastes, don't watch televisi...
Mon, Jul 14, 1997News with attitudeSubscriber Only
June 30,1997 00:00:00 AM
Words are so completely inadequate when faced with death. S.P Singh. His colleagues and friends knew him as an officer and a gentleman. On ...
Mon, Jun 30, 1997Theirs and oursSubscriber Only
June 23,1997 00:00:00 AM
Fiction often reveals what facts hide. That is the single most important reason to watch Khiladi (Zee). As its name suggests, the serial is...
Mon, Jun 23, 1997Telescope — One helluva positionSubscriber Only
June 16,1997 00:00:00 AM
``My position is that I have no position.'' When Mr. Jaipal Reddy was spokesman for the Janata Dal, this was the best position of all. A sp...
Mon, Jun 16, 1997Mixing up mattersSubscriber Only
May 26,1997 00:00:00 AM
It was 10.45 pm. CNN. The voice was Ross Perot's, one-time American presidential candidate and a right royal pest. "I felt strongly th...
Mon, May 26, 1997Telescope — Not educating IndiaSubscriber Only
May 12,1997 00:00:00 AM
Kitu Gidwani in Swabhiman. I think the official channel, primarily, has to be on the line of the public broadcasting format....Our mistak...
Mon, May 12, 1997Journalism of Courage
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