Articles by Madhavan Narayanan

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore a traditional Tamilian wraparound “Veshti”  (waist-wrap dhoti) for his informal summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram, one brand…

“If the Indian economy is really in the throes of a severe slowdown,” I asked myself, “how come I see so many notices offering jobs…

One word that was oozing out of most of the sessions at PRAXIS8 public relations conclave last weekend was “Trust”. But what matters more to…

As a journalist, I have known my tribe to have two different extremes. The first one pretends public relations is  evil or useless. The other…

Journalism is a tricky business, especially for those who run the business side of it. Journalists are supposed to be editorially independent for news to…

What is it that they say about the press being the Fourth Estate? Technically, under the Indian Constitution, the news media does not enjoy any…

In my previous column, I made a case for what I call Public Interest Public Relations (PIPR) on the lines of Public Interest Litigation (PIL)…

As a reporter, I often used to wonder about the imbalances and asymmetries in the news media business. As a rule, social issues are tougher…

Last weekend, I received on WhatsApp a fine video made by an Australian broadcaster on cricket balls. Did you know they have developed a high-tech…

“You were asked to bend but you began to crawl.” That quote is attributed to BJP leader Lal Krishna Advani in a reference to journalists…