FB – AN EVIL EMPIRE
October 16, 2021
DailyPost 1847 FB – AN EVIL EMPIRE The world has seen it all, from the Slave Trade to the Opium Wars, the Empires in human history have ruled the roost in a variety of wars.
THE FACEBOOK OUTAGE
October 12, 2021
DailyPost 1843 THE FACEBOOK OUTAGE There is an old adage which says, if you can’t face the world Facebook and that tool went missing in the biggest outage in its history. Whether the world would
PANDORA PAPERS
October 7, 2021
DailyPost 1838 PANDORA PAPERS The genesis of the name for this cache of documents remains unknown. Pandora’s box is an artifact in Greek mythology connected with the myth of Pandora in Hesiod’s Works and Days.
EVERGRANDE
September 23, 2021
DailyPost 1824 EVERGRANDE It has different names in different parts of the world, the financial mess which it ends up in, remains the same. Now it is Evergrande of the famed Shenzhen city in China,
DEMOCRATIC TOOL BOX
September 14, 2021
DailyPost 1815 DEMOCRATIC TOOL BOX Though in principle all democracies should remain the same in the modalities of their conduct of democratic processes, it depends on what they value and what they intend to achieve. There
DIGITAL INCOMES
September 7, 2021
DailyPost 1808 DIGITAL INCOMES If you thought digital is just a technology and the internet on its own cannot generate income and is meant for information and communication, you are the farthest from reality. The variety,
YOUTUBER, ENTREPRENEUR, INFLUENCER, EXPERT, CONTENT WRITER, COMMUNICATOR…
August 21, 2021
DailyPost 1791 YOUTUBER, ENTREPRENEUR, INFLUENCER, EXPERT, CONTENT WRITER, COMMUNICATOR… If you are still treating YouTube as a video platform that throws up some videos of your choice in whatever profession you are in, you are
DESCENT INTO CHAOS!
August 17, 2021
DailyPost 1787 DESCENT INTO CHAOS! It could not have been more prophetic. Ahmed Rashid authored a book Descent Into Chaos in 2008. The theme of the book was ”How the war against Islamic extremism is
LIFE IS POLITICAL DECISION
August 16, 2021
DailyPost 1786 LIFE IS POLITICAL DECISION Life is a political decision and so is death, it seems. The fall out of political decisions are so far reaching that the ones who decide are even not
YOUTUBE TEACHERS
August 7, 2021
DailyPost 1777 YOUTUBE TEACHERS World today is connected way more than we can even imagine. The hyper connected world which we fancy, in the sense of the information superhighways can just be treated as the
TECH JOURNALISM
July 20, 2021
DailyPost 1759 TECH JOURNALISM The waves the Pegasus expose is making can very fairly be judged as superior to what the whole journalist fraternity in this country have produced in the last few years. Our
THE JARGONS OF INDIA 1
July 7, 2021
DailyPost 1746 THE JARGONS OF INDIA 1 Within a few jargons we have limited the narrative of the nation. That is the style and only that is the substance as well. The language you use and
A PLAGIARIZED MINDSET
June 23, 2021
DailyPost 1732 A PLAGIARIZED MINDSET Plagiarism is not a new phenomenon, but its rampant growth in the last decade with the onset of large-scale digital resources, has slowly created a plagiarized mindset in a whole generation.
THE BREAKDOWN OF LAW
June 20, 2021
DailyPost 1729 THE BREAKDOWN OF LAW You would have variously heard of the breakdown of law and order. Primarily, it means the breakdown of public order. The day-to-day life of the common man and his peace
COLLABORATIONWARE – RANSOMWARE
June 19, 2021
DailyPost 1728 COLLABORATIONWARE – RANSOMWARE Cyber security happens to be America’s number one national security threat since 2014 and by extrapolation the number one international threat. In the criminal domain of Cyber Crime, *ransomware* as it
SUPERFICIAL, IMAGINARY TO THE SURREAL
June 13, 2021
DailyPost 1722 SUPERFICIAL, IMAGINARY TO THE SURREAL This is the story of the electronic mainstream national English media, the English TV channels. With a skeletal reporter base covering the expanse and issues of this country and
A DATA REGIME…
June 12, 2021
DailyPost 1721 A DATA REGIME… A data regime is a must to have a safe, planned and an executable country. The main issue to be cracked is data. And after living in the data age,
SPIN DOCTORS!
June 9, 2021
Daily Post 1718 SPIN DOCTORS! These are the breed of doctors who have nothing to do with medicine. In reality they are detrimental to humanity. They were born to vitiate the atmosphere of objectivity, facts,
THE STATE OF UNION COMMUNICATION
June 7, 2021
DailyPost 1716 THE STATE OF UNION COMMUNICATION India is a union of states and therein emanates the concept of cooperative federalism. The division of tasks and powers have been delineated in the Constitution of India, the
ABJECT HELPLESSNESS
June 5, 2021
DailyPost 1714 ABJECT HELPLESSNESS Every individual has sometime or the other found himself not able to make much of the issue he has landed in and cannot think of a solution at least at that
NATIONAL DEATH AUDIT
June 2, 2021
DailyPost 1711 NATIONAL DEATH AUDIT This would not be the first pandemic we are facing, and might be the second surge is not the last surge of this pandemic. Being ready for the subsequent bouts
POST-EMPATHY AGE
June 1, 2021
DailyPost 1710 POST-EMPATHY AGE The precursors seemed to be visible and as always, we decided not to see it; post truth, fake news, deepfakes etc. The mainstream media got embroiled in non-mainstream reporting. The masses did
WORDS WAR – THE CURRENT DEMOCRATIC DELIVERABLE
May 30, 2021
DailyPost 1708 WORDS WAR – THE CURRENT DEMOCRATIC DELIVERABLE The most profuse democratic deliverable which is made available to the masses today in a running spectacle is a Words War. Literally, every democratic element is at
COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM, GOVERNANCE & INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATION – THE MEDIA WAY
May 29, 2021
DailyPost 1707 COOPERATIVE FEDERALISM, GOVERNANCE & INTER-GOVERNMENTAL COMMUNICATION – THE MEDIA WAY The political party spokespersons have been mandated by the parties to become government spokesperson. They also interpret one odd press conference on topical issues
POLITICAL CEASEFIRE
May 28, 2021
DailyPost 1706 POLITICAL CEASEFIRE Whatever might be the situation in this country, this does not end. This is an unending war of attrition. It is the Power War, if outside of it, the battle is
INDIAN GOVERNANCE – IN SEARCH OF SCIENCE…
May 26, 2021
DailyPost 1704 INDIAN GOVERNANCE – IN SEARCH OF SCIENCE… And also, of technology. The battle to grasp the real nature of today’s science and technology and its cocktail with business, governance, international relations and health,
SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES – TWEAKING THE WORLD
May 25, 2021
DailyPost 1703 SOCIAL MEDIA COMPANIES – TWEAKING THE WORLD IT companies started in virgin territory and given the benefits shown to the world, the governments have been more than kind with them, with freebies, tax
MARKETING TENOR!
May 24, 2021
DailyPost 1702 MARKETING TENOR! Tenor is ”the course of thought that runs through something written or spoken,” and is present in social media and multimedia presentations of multifarious varieties. Since the time of Adam Smith
ELECTRONIC NEWS MEDIA – WHERE IS THE NEWS? – 1700th Post
May 22, 2021
DailyPost 1700 ELECTRONIC NEWS MEDIA – WHERE IS THE NEWS? Television on an experimental mode started in 1959 in Delhi. In 1965 daily transmission started as a part of All India Radio. It had a
THE DIGITAL DELUSION
May 20, 2021
DailyPost 1698 THE DIGITAL DELUSION If you have not watched The Social Dilemma, it is advisable that you don’t use the social media. Whatever perception and utility Social Media has created is out of mercenary
THE VULTURE AND THE LITTLE GIRL
May 19, 2021
DailyPost 1697 THE VULTURE AND THE LITTLE GIRL In the last 1696 days DailyPost has never copied a title from anywhere. Today it’s the emotions in this pall of gloom which has forced this topic.
OF CHARACTER AND CULTURE
May 17, 2021
DailyPost 1695 OF CHARACTER AND CULTURE The lip smart Indians can display value in anything, which serves their interest. Over the years they learnt the art of spinning stories and making a living out of it.
THE MEDIA JAMBOREE
May 12, 2021
DailyPost 1690 THE MEDIA JAMBOREE The fourth estate of Indian democracy in its noble mission to safeguard the welfare of the poor and downtrodden and be a watchdog to everything that his happening in this
LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS / MICRO CRISIS MANAGERS
May 9, 2021
DailyPost 1687 LEAVE IT TO THE EXPERTS / MICRO CRISIS MANAGERS Every crisis is not political nor can it be handled politically. Every issue is neither law and order or communal, so the strong arm
THE POLITICS OF LOCKDOWN
May 6, 2021
DailyPost 1684 THE POLITICS OF LOCKDOWN Is there a validated formula for lockdowns? Has the capability of the decision makers improved to decide on lockdowns over the last 15 / 16 months? Are lockdowns decided as
TSUNAMI OF BLACK MARKETEERING, CHEATING, SCAMS, INDIFFERENCE & INSENTIVITY
May 5, 2021
DailyPost 1683 TSUNAMI OF BLACK MARKETEERING, CHEATING, SCAMS, INDIFFERENCE & INSENTIVITY India is not the first or the last country to have the second and very serious wave of COVID-19 and would not be the
LOCKDOWN, LOCKDOWN & LOCKDOWN!
May 4, 2021
DailyPost 1682 LOCKDOWN, LOCKDOWN & LOCKDOWN! Person to person transmission will keep on happening till the time person to person contact is there. The more unregulated the person the person contacts, there is more likelihood of
METICULOUS / INTRICATE ENFORCEMENT
May 3, 2021
DailyPost 1681 METICULOUS / INTRICATE ENFORCEMENT Enforcement is India does not correspond to any other enforcement mechanism in the world. We can leave our nearest neighbours for the time being. Compared to the western countries,
ELECTIONS & INDIA HAVE BOTH LOST
May 2, 2021
DailyPost 1680 ELECTIONS & INDIA HAVE BOTH LOST The capability of the elections to throw up leadership and governance mechanisms to lead us to progress and prosperity is totally suspect today. Leave aside that, even their
OXYGEN LANGAR
May 1, 2021
DailyPost 1679 OXYGEN LANGAR If the country had any different expectations from them, then that is a different story. One the one side the persons involved in oxygen langar are risking their life for serving mankind
HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
April 30, 2021
DailyPost 1678 HUMANITARIAN CRISIS This is not a health crisis or a crisis or black marketeering of essentials of life in a Pandemic Purge. A crisis which has impacted every individual across the country mostly
LIFE BLACK MARKETEERED
April 28, 2021
DailyPost 1676 LIFE BLACK MARKETEERED This terrible situation is a reality. Something which might even fade, putting the tragedy at the time of partition. There is no need to get into the causal factors, which
REAL VISUALS & IMAGINARY DISCUSSIONS
April 18, 2021
DailyPost 1666 REAL VISUALS & IMAGINARY DISCUSSIONS Bizarre is an understatement, things don’t change but who knew that the enemy would be changing the rules of game. Laxity and timelessness has been our sanskar. Not that
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
April 17, 2021
DailyPost 1665 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY Optimism and day dreaming cannot be one and the same thing. At times it is brought down to wishful thinking bit that too cannot sort out issues. With Dooms Day
CORONA DOES NOT BARGAIN!
April 15, 2021
DailyPost 1663 CORONA DOES NOT BARGAIN! Bismarck said ”Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.” That seems to the wisdom of yesteryears, of a different age,
IF LOCKDOWN IS NOT…
April 11, 2021
DailyPost 1659 IF LOCKDOWN IS NOT… Lockdown is not an answer is bandied around all over the media, then what is the answer. This is in the context of the second avoidable COVID surge, we
VIRTUAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNING
March 31, 2021
DailyPost 1648 VIRTUAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNING COVID-19 has been the biggest enabler of the digital way of life and has finally created a new age, which can termed as the Digital Immersion Age. The nature of
ELECTIONS – AN OPERATION IN THEATRICS
March 26, 2021
DailyPost 1643 ELECTIONS – AN OPERATION IN THEATRICS Even before the din and dust of Bihar elections had settled, the vaccine which was on the horizon became a reality. It was as good as a
