The Union Cabinet decided on Monday to put off approving a hike in the salaries of MPs and ministers. Read more

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Wednesday, August 18, 2010 at 9:15 pm
Filed under India · Tagged AK Antony, British MPs, Consensus, corruption, Delhi, Edwin Luyens, foreign policy, hike, hypocrisy, Inflation, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Kashmir, Lutyens zone, manmohan singh, Maoist, Media, ministers, MPs, P Chidambaram, Pakistan, Parliament, politicians, remuneration, salaries, scandal, senators, UK, Union Cabinet, US, V Krishna
The relationship between television and politicians continues to fascinate me. Many politicians claim that TV is biased against them. Usually, those who complain are conservatives who feel that journalists are liberals and are therefore biased against them. Read more

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Posted by Vir Sanghvi on Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 7:33 pm
Filed under Media · Tagged BJP supporters, Clinton, CNN-IBN, journalists, McCain, NDTV, nixon, Obama, politicians, Prannoy Roy, Rajdeep Sardesai, Richard Nixon, television, US
I don’t know if I’m reading too much into this but politicians seem to have adopted a new strategy when it comes to dealing with journos during the election campaign.
In the old days, the top politicians seemed remote and inaccessible, only meeting top editors at their residences. Read more

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