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Resetting the reviewer-reader equation using internet

Published by Karthik S on November 8, 2010 | 3 Responses

The latest OPEN magazine has a piece, ‘Review of Reviewers‘, by Madhavankutty Pillai and Pratibha Singh that makes for very interesting reading. It talks of how Indian film makers and actors react to reviews and even says that there are just 7-8 mainstream critics that the film industry is really anxious about. The rest are mere frills, it seems! Here… Read more →

Is it a good idea to burn bridges with your former employers and also mock them?

Published by Karthik S on October 18, 2010 | 2 Responses

As a voracious reader of OPEN magazine, I loved reading Avirook Sen’s long, multi-page piece on how he settled with his former employer, NewsX – that woe-ridden television news channel that now seems to be the most constructive of all, albeit with limited viewership; constructive because they seem to be having the least number of ‘breaking’ news. I have no… Read more →