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'SANS SERIF' IN 'THE NEW YORKER' MAGAZINE
CHURUMURI ON 'NEW YORK TIMES' READING LIST
'SANS SERIF' QUOTED IN 'BLOOMBERG VIEW'
'THE NEW YORK TIMES' ON JOURNALISM SCHOOLS IN INDIA
GOOGLE: INDIA TRANSPARENCY REPORT
THE BRITISH NEWSPAPER ARCHIVES FROM THE 18TH CENTURY
India’s war on Maoists, described by prime minister Manmohan Singh as the “gravest internal threat” facing the country has begun to ensnare journalists too.
Laxman Choudhury, a stringer with the Oriya daily Sambad, picked up eight weeks ago because eight leaflets of Maoist “literature” addressed to him were found with a bus conductor, is still in jail.
Newspaper facsimile: courtesy The Indian Express
Also read: BBC journalists secure abducted cop’s release
There’s a new ism in town, Arnab-ism
Speak out. Sign the petition. Free Maziar Bahari
This entry was posted on 20 November 2009 at 12:52 pm and is filed under Issues and Ideas, Newspapers, People.
Tags: Churumuri, Indian Express, Laxman Choudhury, Sambad, Sans Serif
20 November 2009 at 2:16 pm
we doubt whether the ‘elite’ journos would react to this news item…after all it has no glam and no sham…its also testimony to the cause of why naxalism is flourishing in India…