For those few who visit my blog there is a bit of bother. I will not be publishing from blogger anymore. I have moved to wordpress on my own server. This probably ends the list of priorities I had set for myself.
If you type in subhashrai.com you will be taken to the new site. But to be precise, it is located at subhash.indianonlinejournalism.org. That's a lot of typing for getting nothing worthwhile so try the easier url.
So hang on in there, things might improve at subhashrai.com.
10/16/2005
9/30/2005
A good day
A good day
It's past midnight, so that must read, yesterday. Yesterday was a good day indeed. For one there was far less traffic on the way to work. Fantastic! But even more exhilarating was the realisation that the organised working class when it decides to strike can have a telling impact.
Of course, there can be cynical reactions to a strike. But the neo-liberal bogey is slowly but surely unravelling.
In a tangle
I'm trying to move from blogger to my own server. I have wordpress installed for IndianOnlineJournalism. Installing and maintaining it is a real breeze. My server has just one database so I've been hunting for s solution that will work without a database. I tried nilson-blogger0.11. It is a very simple application. Too simple I guess. So off it went.
I've now installed a software that's put me in a right royal mess. The darn documentation is in - you guessed it right - German. More involuntary German lesson for me! So, between learning German and trying to tweak the system and getting it working, I prefer working on the system and burning the midnight oil. (That sounds so cliched.) My writing has taken a severe beating thanks to this techno-linguistic tangle. I better get back to it.
Finally!
Seriously, I have never been to New Delhi. Hooray! I am off to the national capital for a week starting the Friday after, that is, from the 7th of next month. The fact that I haven't been to Delhi thus far has always been an embarrassment, especially for a journalist. Spare me the smirk when you read this. PLEASE.
It's past midnight, so that must read, yesterday. Yesterday was a good day indeed. For one there was far less traffic on the way to work. Fantastic! But even more exhilarating was the realisation that the organised working class when it decides to strike can have a telling impact.
Of course, there can be cynical reactions to a strike. But the neo-liberal bogey is slowly but surely unravelling.
In a tangle
I'm trying to move from blogger to my own server. I have wordpress installed for IndianOnlineJournalism. Installing and maintaining it is a real breeze. My server has just one database so I've been hunting for s solution that will work without a database. I tried nilson-blogger0.11. It is a very simple application. Too simple I guess. So off it went.
I've now installed a software that's put me in a right royal mess. The darn documentation is in - you guessed it right - German. More involuntary German lesson for me! So, between learning German and trying to tweak the system and getting it working, I prefer working on the system and burning the midnight oil. (That sounds so cliched.) My writing has taken a severe beating thanks to this techno-linguistic tangle. I better get back to it.
Finally!
Seriously, I have never been to New Delhi. Hooray! I am off to the national capital for a week starting the Friday after, that is, from the 7th of next month. The fact that I haven't been to Delhi thus far has always been an embarrassment, especially for a journalist. Spare me the smirk when you read this. PLEASE.
9/27/2005
Writing on blogging and journalism
Writing on blogging and journalism
In the next couple of days I have to produce at least a 2000-word article on journalism and blogging for a book on journalism in India. That's probably the most written about topic in journalism literature lately. Yet there is scope to say something new and different. I've been reading and re-reading some articles.
Jay Rosen is one person whose views have helped me form my opinion on the topic. And then there is Robert McChesney, of course. But I also liked a very interesting debate on media ownership that was on at OpenDemocracy.net, where people contested McChesney's points of view. So, there is an inkling of what I'd be writing on.
But the ever-present self-doubt is something I have to contend with before getting down to writing. Wish me the best.
In the next couple of days I have to produce at least a 2000-word article on journalism and blogging for a book on journalism in India. That's probably the most written about topic in journalism literature lately. Yet there is scope to say something new and different. I've been reading and re-reading some articles.
Jay Rosen is one person whose views have helped me form my opinion on the topic. And then there is Robert McChesney, of course. But I also liked a very interesting debate on media ownership that was on at OpenDemocracy.net, where people contested McChesney's points of view. So, there is an inkling of what I'd be writing on.
But the ever-present self-doubt is something I have to contend with before getting down to writing. Wish me the best.
9/21/2005
Is it a self-goal?
Is it a self-goal?
Let's stick with Germany for a bit. The dust kicked up Sunday last refuses to settledown in Berlin - Dresden not withstanding.
Quite like in India, the mandate of the people, which is broadly leftwards, might be subverted in the post-elections haggling.The hapless population, having done its job, will continue to be at the recieving end. That's the way 'democracy' works.
The media make light of such machinations. They'd rather be emotional about Fischer's exit. But about what afflicts the fun-loving (read excellent beer drinking), beautiful country? Is it Haretz? Is it the social security system? Is it the attitude of the people? Is it the burden of carrying the East along? Those are tough questions to answer? Too much hard work!
You will not find much in the English language media. DW and Speigel, which I visit often, need to do much more to their English language operations to get us up to speed with what is happening there. I am sure a vibrant media such as the one in Germany can offer more than what is available online. I finding it hard to lay my hands on the text of Haretz VI and other reports that will help me understand the debates better.
Anyway, coming back to politics. There is talk of the Jamaica or Traffic Light coalition as a possiblity. Whatever the final outcome is, this grand left upswinging is not really what it is made out to be. Gerhard Schröder, Joschka Fischer, Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysie, do they constitute to the left?
My God! That's a joke. Schröder and Fischer have spent the past two terms faithfully implementing neo-liberal policies. Lafontaine is an old SPD hand, another barely-differentiable shade of red. Gysie, where does he stand with his pragmatism. You might seen him lead the Left Party.PDS to merge eventually with the SPD. So that's the left for you.
I pity the people. Really.
Let's stick with Germany for a bit. The dust kicked up Sunday last refuses to settledown in Berlin - Dresden not withstanding.
Quite like in India, the mandate of the people, which is broadly leftwards, might be subverted in the post-elections haggling.The hapless population, having done its job, will continue to be at the recieving end. That's the way 'democracy' works.
The media make light of such machinations. They'd rather be emotional about Fischer's exit. But about what afflicts the fun-loving (read excellent beer drinking), beautiful country? Is it Haretz? Is it the social security system? Is it the attitude of the people? Is it the burden of carrying the East along? Those are tough questions to answer? Too much hard work!
You will not find much in the English language media. DW and Speigel, which I visit often, need to do much more to their English language operations to get us up to speed with what is happening there. I am sure a vibrant media such as the one in Germany can offer more than what is available online. I finding it hard to lay my hands on the text of Haretz VI and other reports that will help me understand the debates better.
Anyway, coming back to politics. There is talk of the Jamaica or Traffic Light coalition as a possiblity. Whatever the final outcome is, this grand left upswinging is not really what it is made out to be. Gerhard Schröder, Joschka Fischer, Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysie, do they constitute to the left?
My God! That's a joke. Schröder and Fischer have spent the past two terms faithfully implementing neo-liberal policies. Lafontaine is an old SPD hand, another barely-differentiable shade of red. Gysie, where does he stand with his pragmatism. You might seen him lead the Left Party.PDS to merge eventually with the SPD. So that's the left for you.
I pity the people. Really.
9/18/2005
An election without real choice
An election without real choice
Germans go to the polls today. A premature one thanks to the slight of hand that Gerhard Schröder played on German democracy -- the betrayal was complete. Yet opinion polls have been predicting that he cannot be written off. Such is the fate of the people who have borne the burden of political mismanagement stoically. They might just end up with both the villians getting together to destroy what is left.
Not much has been told about what has been wrought on the people by misrule of the two main parties in the recent past. The media didn't really project the conditions prevailing in the country. They enhanced the notion that these elections where about personalities. Very little was said about issues.
One party that calls itself the Social Democratic Party (SPD), spent two terms merely reinforcing the right-wing policies of the previous Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Helmut Kohl. Now the CDU is lead my a lady, Angela Merkel. She is from the east of the country - an Ossie. That's as much as her a value goes. A personality pitted against Schröeder. In such a state I guess mainstream media are expected to falter. They did! So where is the story of these elections. In purely electoral politics terms it was meant to be on the Left. The charismatic leaders Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysi of the Left Party.PDS where, initially at least, to make a significant impact. But opinion polls have shown a steady slide in their fortunes. The story lies there for sure.
If the people are not moving Left are they then moving to the Right? Alarm bells should be ringing. Or, is there a general apathy. Which means that people are loosing fate in the political process, in democracy. How much of it has to do with the established parties and how much does it have to do with the inability of alternatives to emerge, especially on the Left. The hasty coalition of the Lafontaine and Gysi, on hindsight, looks like a mistake. The differences, if not in the personalities themselves, between the two parties in terms of their idealogies is quite significant.
In fact, Sahra Wagenkneckt, the 36-year-old deputy of the European Parliament and speaker of the Communist platform in the PDS is a bitter critic of this marriage. She said:"[O]ne shoudl not renounce a good name that we have earned ourselves in the 15 years." Of course, her criticism is not merely about the PDS giving up it name but also of Gysi spoke about: the need for the PDS to be the spokeperson for the East. Lafontaine after all is a former SPD bigwig.
If the combination does not make much headway this time, Gysi, at least is done for. But more importantly where do the 5 million unemployed go? Where the thousands of under-employed go? Where do the retirees go? And, of course, where does the East go?
Germans go to the polls today. A premature one thanks to the slight of hand that Gerhard Schröder played on German democracy -- the betrayal was complete. Yet opinion polls have been predicting that he cannot be written off. Such is the fate of the people who have borne the burden of political mismanagement stoically. They might just end up with both the villians getting together to destroy what is left.
Not much has been told about what has been wrought on the people by misrule of the two main parties in the recent past. The media didn't really project the conditions prevailing in the country. They enhanced the notion that these elections where about personalities. Very little was said about issues.
One party that calls itself the Social Democratic Party (SPD), spent two terms merely reinforcing the right-wing policies of the previous Christian Democratic Union (CDU) led by Helmut Kohl. Now the CDU is lead my a lady, Angela Merkel. She is from the east of the country - an Ossie. That's as much as her a value goes. A personality pitted against Schröeder. In such a state I guess mainstream media are expected to falter. They did! So where is the story of these elections. In purely electoral politics terms it was meant to be on the Left. The charismatic leaders Oskar Lafontaine and Gregor Gysi of the Left Party.PDS where, initially at least, to make a significant impact. But opinion polls have shown a steady slide in their fortunes. The story lies there for sure.
If the people are not moving Left are they then moving to the Right? Alarm bells should be ringing. Or, is there a general apathy. Which means that people are loosing fate in the political process, in democracy. How much of it has to do with the established parties and how much does it have to do with the inability of alternatives to emerge, especially on the Left. The hasty coalition of the Lafontaine and Gysi, on hindsight, looks like a mistake. The differences, if not in the personalities themselves, between the two parties in terms of their idealogies is quite significant.
In fact, Sahra Wagenkneckt, the 36-year-old deputy of the European Parliament and speaker of the Communist platform in the PDS is a bitter critic of this marriage. She said:"[O]ne shoudl not renounce a good name that we have earned ourselves in the 15 years." Of course, her criticism is not merely about the PDS giving up it name but also of Gysi spoke about: the need for the PDS to be the spokeperson for the East. Lafontaine after all is a former SPD bigwig.
If the combination does not make much headway this time, Gysi, at least is done for. But more importantly where do the 5 million unemployed go? Where the thousands of under-employed go? Where do the retirees go? And, of course, where does the East go?
9/05/2005
Oh, I have to blog this!
Oh, I have to blog this!
Anne Van Wagener's, Poynter Design newsletter is very good this time. The link to the Visual Editors website with the front page covers of newspapers on the day Katrina struck is worth having a look at.
Anne Van Wagener's, Poynter Design newsletter is very good this time. The link to the Visual Editors website with the front page covers of newspapers on the day Katrina struck is worth having a look at.
9/03/2005
Mad mad world of Katrina
Mad mad world of Katrina
So there are looters in the United States too. Oh! journalists fear for their lives as well. This isn't mockery nor is it a case of the I-am-so-happy syndrome either. But just a display of how in this neo-liberal world order the facade can be blown off by a hurricane. Do we need hurricanes to bring the worst out of people? If one looks deeper at what's happening in New Orleans there is a human problem that needs to be address. It would be a rotten shame if it gives another stick to the Christian Right to beat hapless Americans with.
So there are looters in the United States too. Oh! journalists fear for their lives as well. This isn't mockery nor is it a case of the I-am-so-happy syndrome either. But just a display of how in this neo-liberal world order the facade can be blown off by a hurricane. Do we need hurricanes to bring the worst out of people? If one looks deeper at what's happening in New Orleans there is a human problem that needs to be address. It would be a rotten shame if it gives another stick to the Christian Right to beat hapless Americans with.
8/30/2005
Phew, the mac mini is home
Phew, the Mac is home
Fred Garland has had a profound influence on me, at least that's what some "friends" will think. Actually they are right. The Kolner made my life a lot easier by suggesting I go in for a Mac mini instead of a laptop. The machine arrived home late lastnight. I've got it running, and, believe me, for a mac novice it is no tango.
But my daughter Kavya is happy. She seems pretty much at home with the Mac - the end of the run for me.
I guess it will take me a few days before becoming completely comfortable. The good thing is I am online, and my PC gave up yesterday. What luck!
Fred Garland has had a profound influence on me, at least that's what some "friends" will think. Actually they are right. The Kolner made my life a lot easier by suggesting I go in for a Mac mini instead of a laptop. The machine arrived home late lastnight. I've got it running, and, believe me, for a mac novice it is no tango.
But my daughter Kavya is happy. She seems pretty much at home with the Mac - the end of the run for me.
I guess it will take me a few days before becoming completely comfortable. The good thing is I am online, and my PC gave up yesterday. What luck!
8/26/2005
The lightness of blogging
The lightness of blogging
The past few days have been spent at home trying to give some rest to a bad back. That doesn't seemed to have helped much. But, at least, I've managed to post a few times here.
The the disturbing thing about these posts have been my inability to get away from journalism.
It reminds me of Andrea Tapper's writing classes at IIJ. She expected me to write features but I just couldn't - I just couldn't. Andrea's classes were unanimously considered useful. Very interesting lady. She has spent many years in Africa and has a refreshing way of approaching issues. It was nice making her acquitance.
Coming back home. Mandira Moddie is leaving us. That's good for her but that makes the place more boring. It was fun working with her. The good part is that the Chennaite refuses to leave her favourite city. She will be working here itself. So we will continue to meet I'm sure. Wishing her all the very best in her new career -- she deserves it. Mandira's leaving the profession is a loss for journalism. Our inability to retain her is an indictment. I wish people recognise it as such.
I have finalised purchasing a Mac mini. I was expecting it to be delivered today. But as usual things get postponed. I will have to wait for Monday now. I'll have battle with this PC for a couple of days more.
There, it feels lighter now for having tapped a few words on the keyboard and talked to, errrrr, nobody or is it everybody?
The past few days have been spent at home trying to give some rest to a bad back. That doesn't seemed to have helped much. But, at least, I've managed to post a few times here.
The the disturbing thing about these posts have been my inability to get away from journalism.
It reminds me of Andrea Tapper's writing classes at IIJ. She expected me to write features but I just couldn't - I just couldn't. Andrea's classes were unanimously considered useful. Very interesting lady. She has spent many years in Africa and has a refreshing way of approaching issues. It was nice making her acquitance.
Coming back home. Mandira Moddie is leaving us. That's good for her but that makes the place more boring. It was fun working with her. The good part is that the Chennaite refuses to leave her favourite city. She will be working here itself. So we will continue to meet I'm sure. Wishing her all the very best in her new career -- she deserves it. Mandira's leaving the profession is a loss for journalism. Our inability to retain her is an indictment. I wish people recognise it as such.
I have finalised purchasing a Mac mini. I was expecting it to be delivered today. But as usual things get postponed. I will have to wait for Monday now. I'll have battle with this PC for a couple of days more.
There, it feels lighter now for having tapped a few words on the keyboard and talked to, errrrr, nobody or is it everybody?
8/25/2005
A divide without borders
A divide without borders
Karthik voiced his amazement as we drove to the guest house from Tegel Airport. Any visitor to Berlin would first be struck by the graffito. It obviously is an expression of protest. With five million people unemployed the German nation is sure going through a horrendous crisis. Neo-liberalism being the culprit is just one aspect. But the scarier part is that even after 15 years of re-unification, the people stand divided. That is the bigger challenge.
If one reads spiegel.de there are many tongue-in-cheek references to the east and the problems of politicians to come to grips with these former communists.
Here's another one from Spiegel: In the East, the Vote Is Anybody's Guess
So for those who are following the German elections it is all so funny, the floods, the silly attire of Angela Merkel and the come-back-kid Gerhard Schröder. But for a more informed assessment of the situation you might have to learn a whole lot of German, and, tougher still, really hunt for a newspaper web site that takes the plight of the German people more seriously. That's not very different from what is happening in India.
Karthik voiced his amazement as we drove to the guest house from Tegel Airport. Any visitor to Berlin would first be struck by the graffito. It obviously is an expression of protest. With five million people unemployed the German nation is sure going through a horrendous crisis. Neo-liberalism being the culprit is just one aspect. But the scarier part is that even after 15 years of re-unification, the people stand divided. That is the bigger challenge.
If one reads spiegel.de there are many tongue-in-cheek references to the east and the problems of politicians to come to grips with these former communists.
Here's another one from Spiegel: In the East, the Vote Is Anybody's Guess
So for those who are following the German elections it is all so funny, the floods, the silly attire of Angela Merkel and the come-back-kid Gerhard Schröder. But for a more informed assessment of the situation you might have to learn a whole lot of German, and, tougher still, really hunt for a newspaper web site that takes the plight of the German people more seriously. That's not very different from what is happening in India.
8/24/2005
Everlasting friends made in Germany
Everlasting friends made in Germany
The time of my life was spent with the folks in this picture, which has been pinched from Fred Garland's blog. As part of the course we created blogs. Some are still active.
Elvis:http://kwashie.blogspot.com/, the online journalist from Ghana.
Boahene: http://boahene.blogspot.com/, the president of Africa.
KAT: http://katlogs.blogspot.com/, another king.
Meri: http://centrasianormads.blogspot.com/, the petite yet strong and intelligent lady from a beautiful country.
Tai: http://taitoo.blogspot.com/, the creative genius.
Aurel:http://aur-training2005.blogspot.com/, the conscientious "blonde" from Moldova.
Mariana: http://ticolazlivejornal.blogspot.com/, the little girl with a lot of promise.
Claudia: http://periodistas-salvadorenos.blogspot.com/, the beautiful and intelligent online journalist from Latin American. The only one from the other end of the world.
Lyudmila: http://uzbradio.blogspot.com/, the pretty and the most intelligent blonde I've ever come across.
Thuc Anh: http://thucanhblog.blogspot.com/, the strong lady with a handsome son, from Vietnam.
Hanh: http://hanhblog.blogspot.com/, the funny and practical business journalist also from Vietnam.
Rain: http://rainblog.blogspot.com/, the mother of all talkers.
Chenge: http://coolchen.blogspot.com/, the man to watch.
Conrad: http://kingconn.blogspot.com/, the king making the rear entry.
So here we are. Fourteen people who educated me in far away Germany. There are a few others who deserve more than a mere mention. Sabine, my good friend for ever. She is a wonderful lady with a lot of knowledge about the world. I sure will miss the chats I had with her during the breaks. A special mention for the theatre we went to: The Berliner Ensemble. It is Brecht's theatre, and what's great, Sabine and me went to see The Mother - memorable indeed.
Then there is Rita, another wonderful friend. We could just spend the day with her. She showed us the real Germany along with, of course, dear Carol.
Carol, if ever you read my blog: I did not find the CD. I guess it stayed back in Germany. That's still does not absolve me of the crime of not having returned a CD I borrowed from you. Have a wonderful married life dear Carol.
There are three other people Joachim, Werner and Fred I have to acknowledge. But this post will end up being far too long, so I will save it for another post.
8/23/2005
Settling down in Chennai
Yes, I'm back in Chennai. It's three weeks since my return from Germany. I did not write much about my stay and the places I visited. In some sense it was a conscious choice. I didn't want to write a travelogue (I was here and I was there types). But now I have ruminated on those 11 wonderful weeks. And I understand things far better. Would that metamorphose into some interesting posts? You will have to judge.
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Yes, I'm back in Chennai. It's three weeks since my return from Germany. I did not write much about my stay and the places I visited. In some sense it was a conscious choice. I didn't want to write a travelogue (I was here and I was there types). But now I have ruminated on those 11 wonderful weeks. And I understand things far better. Would that metamorphose into some interesting posts? You will have to judge.
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8/20/2005
Is this vanity? No.
It is nice to know that a student of mine Swati Sengupta has been blogging for a while now. Here's a blog she has abandoned but mentions me for introducing her to blogging.
She hasn't posted where she has moved on in blogsphere. That's unfortunate.
All the best Swati and thank you.
It is nice to know that a student of mine Swati Sengupta has been blogging for a while now. Here's a blog she has abandoned but mentions me for introducing her to blogging.
She hasn't posted where she has moved on in blogsphere. That's unfortunate.
All the best Swati and thank you.
8/15/2005
Birthday bashes
My good friend Fred Garland celebrated his birthday on the 13th. Here's his blog to take a peek at what went on in his cozy little apartment in Cologne. He's titled his blog "a poet with a 3 letter name". Have a look at his website too.
Meri Bekeshova celebrated her birthday too. Let me get hold of her blog and then I'll post it here.
My good friend Fred Garland celebrated his birthday on the 13th. Here's his blog to take a peek at what went on in his cozy little apartment in Cologne. He's titled his blog "a poet with a 3 letter name". Have a look at his website too.
Meri Bekeshova celebrated her birthday too. Let me get hold of her blog and then I'll post it here.
5/26/2005
5/23/2005
Berliner for a while
It's been a week in Berlin. There are many things I'd like to write about. Unfortunately access to the Net is limited. So the sudden spurts and long silences will continue.
Berlin had excellent weather the day we arrived, that is, on the 16th. We were received by Sabina and Rita, two women about whom I will write in greater detail as the days go by. They, along with Carol, are Seminar Assistants, which means they are responsible for making a life less streneous. "Less streneous!" Yeah, with a wife and child back home, two and a half months seems like ages.
Coming back to the weather. And weather is a very important thing in Berlin, after two days of rain we had some excellent sunshine -- a far cry from the harsh Chennai heat right now. Fortunately, Gladys got some days off from work so Kavya and she are spending time in Bangalore.
I've taken some pictures of the week gone by but to get it online I need to install a software. The system does not allow that so I'll have to wait for the instructors to let me install it.
Germany, especially for me, has a tremendous emotional underpinning. Naxism is bit removed but with a doubt incredibly tragic. But what happened to the GDR is of equal importance. I will dwell on it in the coming weeks.
It's been a week in Berlin. There are many things I'd like to write about. Unfortunately access to the Net is limited. So the sudden spurts and long silences will continue.
Berlin had excellent weather the day we arrived, that is, on the 16th. We were received by Sabina and Rita, two women about whom I will write in greater detail as the days go by. They, along with Carol, are Seminar Assistants, which means they are responsible for making a life less streneous. "Less streneous!" Yeah, with a wife and child back home, two and a half months seems like ages.
Coming back to the weather. And weather is a very important thing in Berlin, after two days of rain we had some excellent sunshine -- a far cry from the harsh Chennai heat right now. Fortunately, Gladys got some days off from work so Kavya and she are spending time in Bangalore.
I've taken some pictures of the week gone by but to get it online I need to install a software. The system does not allow that so I'll have to wait for the instructors to let me install it.
Germany, especially for me, has a tremendous emotional underpinning. Naxism is bit removed but with a doubt incredibly tragic. But what happened to the GDR is of equal importance. I will dwell on it in the coming weeks.
4/30/2005
Got a mail from a former student of mine. He inquired about my wife after reading it here. The personal got extended - a wonderful feeling . When you've got a blog and it's personal, it has an encompassing quality that has many dimensions. This is certainly one of them.
Professionally too it should work wonders for reporters. Indian journalists need to climb down and connect. We need to talk not just with each other but with those we work for -- I mean the citizens.
This might sound repetitive or mundane but therein lies the future of journalism.
I'm off to Berlin, Germany, for a two-and-a-half month fellowship to learn more about Online Journalism and Multimedia. I leave Chennai on the 16th of May. I hadn't realised what it meant. But it is beginning to creep in. I will miss my five-year-old daughter most of all when I'm away. Oh! I am sure there's going to be a ruckus at home.
I did download dynebolic. It is very good. But I really couldn't go for it. I hope to do so when I get back.
IOJ is slowly developing as a blog-based site. Interestingly, this is the first time I have a fully-fledged privacy statement. I have got a mailing going as well, which I first have to ensure is robust before moving from e-groups.
Professionally too it should work wonders for reporters. Indian journalists need to climb down and connect. We need to talk not just with each other but with those we work for -- I mean the citizens.
This might sound repetitive or mundane but therein lies the future of journalism.
I'm off to Berlin, Germany, for a two-and-a-half month fellowship to learn more about Online Journalism and Multimedia. I leave Chennai on the 16th of May. I hadn't realised what it meant. But it is beginning to creep in. I will miss my five-year-old daughter most of all when I'm away. Oh! I am sure there's going to be a ruckus at home.
I did download dynebolic. It is very good. But I really couldn't go for it. I hope to do so when I get back.
IOJ is slowly developing as a blog-based site. Interestingly, this is the first time I have a fully-fledged privacy statement. I have got a mailing going as well, which I first have to ensure is robust before moving from e-groups.
4/04/2005
Me in blogosphere
This is serious business folks. It didn't know my blog was being traded. As expected, it's faring quite badly I must say. Check it out at BlogShares. I also found my blog listed in the CanadianContent.Net.
This is serious business folks. It didn't know my blog was being traded. As expected, it's faring quite badly I must say. Check it out at BlogShares. I also found my blog listed in the CanadianContent.Net.
3/31/2005
Ginger step towards Linux
J. Murali writes a weekly column in The Hindu, which used to be called NetSpeak. He writes about very useful and interesting web applications. Fortunately not in that awful racy style that goes around as cool. I came across a paper cutting of his column in which he wrote about DyneBolic, a GNU/Linux operating system that can be booted from a CD. That sounds pretty easy to handle. I want to try out this version of Linux before sinking my teeth deeper. Wish me luck!
J. Murali writes a weekly column in The Hindu, which used to be called NetSpeak. He writes about very useful and interesting web applications. Fortunately not in that awful racy style that goes around as cool. I came across a paper cutting of his column in which he wrote about DyneBolic, a GNU/Linux operating system that can be booted from a CD. That sounds pretty easy to handle. I want to try out this version of Linux before sinking my teeth deeper. Wish me luck!
3/30/2005
This time my long silence can be attributed to real problems. My wife had to undergo an emergency surgery for ectopic pregnancy. That was a close call. After a bit of rest here in Chennai, she decided to go to Bangalore to be with our folks, and, then, the gall bladder stones started giving her problems. She is back in hospital again. Yesterday they removed the gall bladder by laproscopy. I couldn't go to Bangalore. I will be going later to bring her and my daughter back.
3/10/2005
Indian Online Journalism is back at http://www.indianonlinejournalism.org/. There has been a metamorphosis -- a blog. Yes! We are now a blog.
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