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Tuesday, September 05, 2006
  Journalism's Joan of Arc

With not much time to write reviews, occasionally I might be scanning a few extracts onto this blog. We will begin with Anita Pratap's Island of Blood. Click on the following links to read:

Defying press censorship - Sri Lanka : state sponsored genocide - Black July 1983
Aftermath of actress Shoba's suicide(1980)
Defying press censorship : Ground Zero, Babri demolition, Ayodhya(1992)
Defying press censorship - Interview with Prabhakaran(under hotel arrest), Delhi Accord(1987)
Ground Zero, War in Sri Lanka(1987)
When blood flowed freely : Sri Lanka(1989)
First CNN report/Detention on suspicion averted : Colombo(1996)
Thackeray escapes a conviction : Mumbai(1992)
Defying press censorship : Afghanistan takeover(1996)



 
Comments:
vara vara un post edhuvume enaku puriya matengudhu.. ennavo..
 
nice links buddy....I am more interested in Island of Blood...will go thru later...

ipdiye picutre potu,link pottu evalo naala kaalatha otta poreenga :-)
 
I,
eppadi 'aur ek prem kahani'-ku 'hindi thinithal' solla maranthutta? :)

Syam,
cycle-gap-la yenna theepatti padam supplier-nu solreengala? :)
 
MD Saar,
Don't think she was with Business India. She was with Time in early 90s and CNN later on.

Mudar Patherya moved from Sportsworld to Business India, a big loss to sports journalism.
 
Thanks for your Kind comments.I was wanting to ask him on Madhav mantri being an influence on his cricet playing , but I preffered a 5 minute peaceful interview.. :-) , dats why didnt cross the lines.

I have a doubt, which I had earlier commented. How do you clip images from video?
 
ttm:
Are all of these extracts from the same book ?
I kind of vaguely remember Shobha's suicide - I was expressly forbidden to read certain Tamil newspapers and magazines then by my parents -it was considered unsuitable for my age. So I could never figure out what the fuss was all about. I didn't know she was so young when she died.
 
Hello there..

I am not sure what you name is.. not of the comments call u by ur name as well.. so Mr.talkative... u got a nice flow of writting.. i admire us language..

there are lots of links in this post din't get to read all of them.. but the one about shoba's death rings a bell...

the writter is right when she said.. why hang and not have pills ... if u notice most of the suicides in the industry (of course the actresses) all or most of them have hung themselves, 90% of the time to a ceiling fan.. and with a saree... hmm.. it wud be interesting to learn more abt why such ideas creep up.. its not just the actresses.. i have known few of the general public resorting to such brutality towards their own self..

what is the pattern in such extreme thots.. may be a pschyatrist wud be able to give us insight it to.. let me see if i can do some research on this..

Good post.. keep them coming!!

-K
 
kartik,
i answered in the last post and in your blog as well.

prachi,
good luck.

bnb,
Shoba's cameo blitz in tfm has been discussed by the old-timers - Mullum Malarum, Agal Vilakku, Moodupani. I always felt while watching Marupadiyum, Sathi Leelavathi, Rettai Vaal Kuruvi, Balu must have surely had a sense of deja-vu during some of the scenes. What a hotbed of mystery and intrigue the cine industry is!

kanya,
That's a thought provoking observation indeed. Even recently 3 tele-actresses hung to death in the space of 4 months. Food for thought.
 
TTM, how are you?
Long time no hear!!
 
jay,
took a long time to realise who you are...doing fine :)
 
so now you have a job and *gulp* a life?
 
Agree with Syam. There are some blogs I go to regularly to enjoy the writing style and you disappoint me here.:-)
 
No surprise in that, TTM. Afterall, it's not the same nick!

:) read your comments-will reply as usual. :-P
 
Alo yenga yen copmment kaanum :O
Anyway adutha post pls.. Ithu yenaku konjam link ilathatha iruku :D
 
Wow, nice post,there are many person searching about that now they will find enough resources by your post.Thank you for sharing to us.Please one more post about that..
 
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