Articles by Madhavan Narayanan

Data journalism is now a fashionable expression in the media, and calling yourself a data journalist or someone who believes in one is something like…

I am naturally outraged by the violence that shook the Jawaharlal Nehru University campus last weekend, but as a long-time news gathering journalist who has also…

There must be a reason why thinking and motherhood have a word in common. To “conceive” is to go through some pains. At Knowledge Factory,…

As India was shaken last week by the horrible rape and murder of a vet in Hyderabad and the manner in which the four accused…

It is most interesting that within a week after discussing how some brands make news but how sometimes news builds brands in my column, I have…

As a long-time business journalist, I have often matched wits with public relations folks, who are friendly but often with the intent of promoting the…

There was a time when India’s favourite questions were either “After Nehru, who?” or “After Indira, what?”. People love to speculate on the demise or…

Last month, I stumbled on two pieces of journalism that taught me how to, and how not to, do journalism in the digital age. One…

I am writing this in Delhi, where the topic in the air is, well, air. The choking of the National Capital Region by toxic fumes…

You don’t have to necessarily have pretty ladies or the bounty of nature as a muse. For a commentator on journalism, an unconventional editor can…