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Mail Today and HT err in keeping tabs on Twitter followers of popular Indians

I have come across two major instances where Indian newspapers have made an error in reporting the number of Twitter followers for popular Indians. I am also planning to publish a post on instances of plagiarism by the Indian media/newspapers that I keep running into while surfing the internet/blogs. Mail Today says Priyanka first Indian [...]

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Shashi Tharoor and the Holy Cows controversy: Congress’s sense of humour is pathetic

Trouble is brewing over Shashi Tharoor’s tongue-in-cheek twitter remark to a question by journalist Kanchan Gupta [associate editor, the Pioneer] asked on September 14 2009, 11:57 PM on Twitter. The journalist had asked him if Tharoor will be travelling by cattle class in his next visit to Kerela! For the uninitiated [and this may include [...]

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Shashi Tharoor, Sachin Pilot and Deepender Hooda in JNU Campus: A first-hand report

This is first-hand report of the public meeting in the Koyna hostel of JNU campus organized by the NSUI on the topic ‘Ideology, Student Politics and Challenges.’ I am a JNU Student and I covered the meeting with my camera and recorder sitting just two feet away from the three dignitaries [you can see my [...]

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