Hindustan Times
Wikileaks has started releasing what it claims are more than 5 million emails from Stratfor, the Texas-based strategic analysis company, and other so-called intelligence firms to their clients, who include massive corporations such as Dow Chemical Company, as well as US government agencies. Read more
(2 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, February 27, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Filed under world · Tagged Bhopal gas tragedy, dipankar de sarkar, Dow Chemical Company, Indian law, stratfor, US government agencies, wikileaks
The wrangling in Britain over the fate of the Jordanian-born extremist preacher Abu Qatada highlights the important debate on human rights versus national security that has a resonance with what is happening in India and other countries facing terrorism. Read more
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, February 20, 2012 at 8:48 pm
Filed under world · Tagged 26/11, Abu Qatada, Ajmal Kasab, dipankar de sarkar, hindustan times, human rights, mumbai attack, Terminal 3, terrorism, terrorists
Every journalist should know everything about ‘backgrounding.’ For it is something you learn very early in your career as a reporter or editor. It’s a tool for contextualization: an incident has happened and you, the reporter and/or editor, are expected to give the reader a wider context. Read more
(19 votes, average: 4.53 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 10:03 pm
Filed under UK · Tagged Anuj Bidve, Avatar Singh Kolar, dipankar de sarkar, Gurdeep Singh Hayer, hate crime, hindustan times, journalism, news, Praveen Reddy, race attacks, racism
There’s a phony war being whipped up over the £280m worth of British aid that goes to India every year, and both India and Britain should be very careful about how they respond. It is being whipped up by a small number of MPs belonging to the ruling coalition’s Conservative party, a few right wing pro-Conservative newspapers and rent-a-quote pressure groups. Read more
(7 votes, average: 3 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Dipankar De Sarkar on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 9:01 pm
Filed under England · Tagged Britain, Britain-India, british aid, Conservative Party, David Cameron, dipankar de sarkar, hindustan times
