tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post112816400691376136..comments2023-10-15T14:35:21.840+05:30Comments on Reporter's diary: PRESS, POLICE AND PRIVACYAlaphia Zoyabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18407523065033603718noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128854128727575032005-10-09T16:05:00.000+05:302005-10-09T16:05:00.000+05:30Truman,I think many thinking journalists are feeli...Truman,<BR/>I think many thinking journalists are feeling very squeamish about falling standards in the media. But unfortunately, tabloidisation is something we have to live with. But serious journalism will survive because there is an audience for it.Alaphia Zoyabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407523065033603718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128793392817212272005-10-08T23:13:00.000+05:302005-10-08T23:13:00.000+05:30I don't understand- These are policemen who define...I don't understand- These are policemen who define "morality" as per their own convenience. Whatever suits them. Holding hands is immoral- but taking bribe, being drunk on duty, raping a girl inside the police station [The Marine Lines, Bombay Case]- that is not immoral?<BR/><BR/>Alaphia- The whole "ethic journalism" aspect that you have mentioned and based this post upon- I am glad that you evenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128693112431664482005-10-07T19:21:00.000+05:302005-10-07T19:21:00.000+05:30When it comes to banning dark colour shirts, the r...When it comes to banning dark colour shirts, the reason most often cited is that we are being prepared for the industry. Well I happened to be in one of those colleges where they actually did that and now with my brief stint in the industry, they have been proved wrong. The office campus defers every insane rule imposed by the college. How I wish the college authorities behave more like a 'VHShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05832587264855990070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128667503583898292005-10-07T12:15:00.000+05:302005-10-07T12:15:00.000+05:30Coolest guy on the planet - thanks.Kaps - If im no...Coolest guy on the planet - thanks.<BR/><BR/>Kaps - If im not mistaken, the other dailies reproduced the pictures but in such a way that you couldnt really tell who it was in them. Which is alright i think. <BR/><BR/>Reflex - Its a society in the throes of change...so every now and then you'll have friction when we cant decide which way to go. I thnk being confused between law and morals is a Alaphia Zoyabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407523065033603718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128512614042808232005-10-05T17:13:00.000+05:302005-10-05T17:13:00.000+05:30hey got here from Roshan's blog... the Chennai mor...hey got here from Roshan's blog... the Chennai moral brigade was in full throttle alright but was there any opposition, any at all?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128496458948793942005-10-05T12:44:00.000+05:302005-10-05T12:44:00.000+05:30Can someone explain to me like i'm a six-year old,...Can someone explain to me like i'm a six-year old, can a woman be ARRESTED for<BR/>a) Kissing her spouse/boyfriend in a discotheque<BR/>b) Wearing sphagetti tops and jeans and drinking<BR/>c) Saying in an interview that it is unreasonably on the part of men to expect that their wives should be virgins (and) girls should practice safe sex<BR/><BR/>I mean forget everything else, is there actually aBala (Karthik)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02865777599206209898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128402074753998262005-10-04T10:31:00.000+05:302005-10-04T10:31:00.000+05:30Well this is all following a pattern ..first khusb...Well this is all following a pattern ..first khusboo case, then bar case and now this detention of a student for wearing red shirt and black pants. <BR/><BR/>Yesterday in X-factor , some vice chancellor of Anna university was talking and it all sounded like some Taliban leader talking. Jeans being distraction was the height of the numerous sad jokes he made. Unless people come and vote against cynicalcounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11082919520294522388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128342286963427762005-10-03T17:54:00.000+05:302005-10-03T17:54:00.000+05:30Yesterday, I got some updates thru NDTV, Nidhi of ...Yesterday, I got some updates thru NDTV, Nidhi of NDTV was questioning the Comissioner. They are confused between Law and Moral.REFLEXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16882723665007307647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128341348445286642005-10-03T17:39:00.000+05:302005-10-03T17:39:00.000+05:30I don't understand the reason why English newspape...I don't understand the reason why English newspapers (Indian Express) and magazines (Outlook) are reproducing the Dinamalar pictures in their articles. This is like giving credence to what Dinamalar did.Kapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18313844922683303787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128322317482470082005-10-03T12:21:00.000+05:302005-10-03T12:21:00.000+05:30Alaphia,Yeah we sure weren't doing anything wrong ...Alaphia,<BR/>Yeah we sure weren't doing anything wrong but like i said, for certain "obvious" reasons i didn't want to cause a delay for or involve my friend in this...<BR/>Yes i myself am stoking the corruption fire but thats the way it is.....Bala (Karthik)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02865777599206209898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128318763216089382005-10-03T11:22:00.000+05:302005-10-03T11:22:00.000+05:30Hi Bala,Why did you give him "alms"?? You werent d...Hi Bala,<BR/><BR/>Why did you give him "alms"?? You werent dong anything wrong.Alaphia Zoyabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407523065033603718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10787853.post-1128250144975963492005-10-02T16:19:00.000+05:302005-10-02T16:19:00.000+05:30Just after writing my thoughts on this issue in my...Just after writing my thoughts on this issue in my blog on Friday, i had a first-hand experience of the Chennai Chastity Belt. I was talking to one a lady friend in a rather isolated road near Anna Nagar, after parking my bike by the road-side. Voila, a cop came and started quizzing me and my friend and it was obvious where this was heading. As it was getting late for my friend and to avoid any Bala (Karthik)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02865777599206209898noreply@blogger.com