media - Himal Southasian (Page 12)

Lies out of control

A couple of months after the Kargil conflict, some intense soul-searching by the Indian print and electronic media is revealing that much of the national press meekly toed the

By S.N.M. Abdi

/ 1 Sep 1999

The Kargil cliffhanger

For his devastatingly critical book on the South Asian Subcontinent and its peoples, Nirad Chaudhari chose an intriguing title: The Continent of Circe. Who or what was or is Circe?

By Iqbal Jafar

/ 1 Jul 1999

Massaging the official message

Mushahid Hussain is just doing his job. He stands out because he is a former journalist defending a government that is hounding the press. Pakistan's Information Minister Mushahid

By Khaled Ahmed

/ 1 Jun 1999

The news of a kidnapping

The house of Najam Sethi and Jugnu Mohsin, the couple who run The Friday Times newsweekly out of Lahore, was invaded on 8 May by men claiming to be from

By Rehan Ansari

/ 1 Jun 1999

Move over BTV

Bangladeshis may just get to see real television. Privately run. When Ekushey Television (ETV) begins transmission on 16 December 1999, it will be the first private sector terrestrial TV station

By Afsan Chowdhury

/ 1 Jun 1999

Bhutan.net

Better late than never. Bhutan has finally lifted its ban on television and the Internet. On 2 June, the Bhutan Broadcasting Service (BBS) begins its television network, while Druknet goes

By The Editors

/ 1 May 1999

JANG’S WAR

That a conflict was simmering between the Nawaz Sharif government and the Jang Group of Newspapers, became known to die Pakistani public only after Front-page announcements in two of

By Zaigham Khan

/ 1 Mar 1999

Theatre of the people

SAFDAR HASHMI (1954-1989) There are still ways to produce art and social commentary without having to be routed through the media monopolised by Big Business. On 1 January 1999,

By Vijay Prashad

/ 1 Jan 1999

BUGLE CALL

For the past two months the Sri Lankan government, using the state media, has been trying to pull off the impossible. They have been projecting the terrible losses suffered by

By Jehan Perera

/ 1 Nov 1998

Poorest Poor

It took the worst floods of the century to bring Bangladesh back into the spotlight of the international media. The sight of so much water just couldn´t be ignored,

By The Editors

/ 1 Nov 1998

Deconstructing Gita

Gita Danuwar (above) was sold in Bombay by a cousin. After nine years, she is back in her home village near Kathmandu. Although she has HIV, Gita hoes her terrace

By John Frederick

/ 1 Oct 1998

Good ink for bad blood

The vernacular idiom expresses emotion far better than it does reason. Indian and Pakistani media were state-dominated to begin with. Since most of the population is not yet literate,

By Khaled Ahmed

/ 1 Aug 1998