Well, this post is also turning out to be centered on Arnab Goswami, the editor-in-chief of Times Now and anchor of the nightly Newshour debate. It is not by design. I got to know today that the government will provide him with Y-category security, and I just happened to have some free time in my…
Arnab Goswami “throws out” actor Mita Vashist, a panellist and an invited guest, from his show and Twitterverse has erupted in a frenzy of ecstasy at the anchor’s heroic deed. They are celebrating that she got her “comeuppance”. I did not watch that debate (I don’t watch Arnab Goswami’s shows. I am too weak for that). And I do…
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Not happy with the government? Angry with the pizza deliverer? Got a headache? Baby’s irresistible in her new dress? Or, simply feeling like a poem? For every situation, there’s social media to bank on. Put it up on Facebook, or Twitter, or other such places. Grievances may still remain and anger may amplify, but you are still happy; happy that you’ve…
Joseph Nye defined soft power as “the ability to get what you want through attraction rather than coercion or payments.” Ever since Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister and began travelling the world on carefully scripted, much publicized missions, a lot is being spoken about the country’s soft power – how the land of the…
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Anuradha Sharma 