archive for August, 2002

ANALYSIS: Media and Environment in Uttaranchal


Even as media proliferates in the wake of statehood for the Uttarakhand region, its primary challenge is to engage meaningfully with issues that are related to the environment The Hoot (August 9, 2002) Manjula Lal & Sevanti Ninan In a broad sense environment is the central issue in the newly formed hill state of Uttaranchal. [...]

ANALYSIS: Media’s Role in the New State


Uttaranchal makes a good case study of how the media in the region conducted itself, before and after the state’s formation, and to what extent it defined for itself what its role should be The Hoot (August 9, 2002) Manjula Lal & Sevanti Ninan The media is always relevant in a democracy, but its role [...]