Mayhem at Borivali station

Train services from borivali came to a halt after irate commuters got onto the tracks to protest lack of trains originating from borivali at peak hours.The already irate commuters vented out their frustration and refused to budge from the tracks.

BEWARE!!!

Be careful when you blog.It is no longer seen as a simple outlet for harmless and frustrated citizens.

A blogger has been forced to file a apology after he allegedly slandered a television journalist on his website.

A New course

So its time to say Good bye to CNN-IBN.. a place i loved so much to get up every morning and go to work. the people, the bosses, the channel's editorial line, the systems were all superb..

So many ask me why did i quit. There are no simple answers for it.. maybe i wanted to break the comfort zone that i was living in. To challenge my own boundaries and see if i have the strength of character to work in a unknown territory.

I have always beleived that when you trust God, He will do the rest.

Come November 3rd,I will be taking up a new role at one of India's finest Business channel, NDTV Profit.After 3 years i will be getting back to full time business news. And i would say that this is one of the most tumultous times for a business channel with global and indian markets crashing, fears of a recession gripping India.

Lets see how it all pans out. Keep watching this space for more from me.

TORAL TRYING TO MATCH OUR HEIGHT

 

BOUNCERS

 


Paras and Urmi are the hot hollywood couple. We are the bodyguards. We are taking our jobs seriously.Dont come near them.

MY NEWSROOM

 


This is the Mumbai CNN-IBN Newsroom where we work sometimes for a change:-)

WILL WE GET A MODELLING ASSIGNMENT?

 


Look at the pose. We are professionals :-)

STUD BOYS OF CNN-IBN

 


Dont we look cool

INKO KUCH DE DO YAAR

 


What are these chaps upto... Begging or are they just blind

Bukkad group

Office Mango party

This is Summer Mango party.Look at the glee on everyone's face. Inflation or no Inflation. Being a journalist atleast ensures you get free mangoes to eat:-)

School pic

College days

Kaha gaye woh din... Carefree life and the freedom to roam around like vagabonds in the huge sprawling campus of Bhavans,Andheri.

Toothpaste Ad

My son Ryan

How sweet to hold a new born baby.These are the lines from a gospel song. I realised the true meaning of this line when i held my son for the first time.

Don Moen God is Good

A lovely meaningful song.

RAKSHA'S LAST VALENTINE

Poor Raksha. She looks so happy with so many guys fighting to give her roses.She is enjoying her last few days of being single with marriage fixed on 24th February.

Enjoy girl... And shame to you guys!!!! She is parayi now. Take your eyes off her:-)

Divide and Rule

If Raj thackeray's violent tirade against the northindian community in the last one week was not enough, he has now embarked on a new agenda. Divide and Rule the media. The last one week, Raj faced heavy criticism from media across the board. Some called him and his politics "Goonda Raj" while others chose to attack his new found agenda as an attempt to checkmate the rival Shiv sena. But the feeling was common across journalists from both mediums. Violence against innocent men is not the way to score a political point.


So if you cant beat them, divide them. Raj Thackeray feeling the heat from both national and regional media did what the Britisher's did best.Divide them and watch the fun. He sent out signed invites to select regional media houses and kept Hindi and english news channels out of the list. The message was loud and clear to sound byte hungry channels."Either toe my line or face boycott from my press conferences".


But the question that needs to be asked is very simple. When has Raj thackeray become so important in Maharashtra politics that journalists need to wait at his door uninvited. In many ways, the media disgraced itself by not being able to unite and boycott his press conference. Unlike the Shiv sena, Raj thackeray does not have a regional newspaper to take his message across to his voters. In the face of unity, Raj thackeray would have realised that he is still a "infant" in Maharashtra politics and he cannot play divisive politics with the media.


Raj Thackeray's attempt to term Hindi news channel reporters as"UP-Bihar reporters" is enough indication of the kind of politics that he wants to promote in the state.It was shameful to see journalists listening to Raj Thackeray and not having the courage to ask a single tough question.In many ways, Raj thackeray succeeded in his plans of taking his message across without any tough questions being asked. Probably the national news channels need to pat themselves on the back for atleast being something to be feared about as compared to regional media that they are now being boycotted.


Network 18's office(CNN-IBN, IBN7) in mumbai today resembles a fortress with police personnel guarding the office. Twice IBN7s OB vans were vandalised. A sad reflection on the government of the day which has given a free hand to Raj and his men to subdue the collective conscience of a liberal society with the use of violence.The mask has been cast away. Raj thackeray is back to the same tactics that he practised in his earlier party, Shiv Sena... the tactics of violence and fear.


Will the Media stand in unity... Atleast for once.