Back in 2013, I was reading a BBC article titled, “Hikikomori: Why are so many Japanese men refusing to leave their rooms?” I came to know that Hikikomori are the people who totally withdraw from society and seek an extreme level of social withdrawal. That is why they were described as “modern-day hermits” although there…
“Change has come!” ― President Barack Obama, the most followed politician on Twitter with 127.9 million followers. In this digital era, the statement by Barack Obama culminates the dramatic alteration in the present context for global political communication. As we have witnessed in the last decade, how social media has intensely transformed the means of…
All Out Crisis in News Media: Media Revenues have gone down due to Goods & Services Tax, demonetization, Real Estate Regulation Act, the decline in businesses of the usual advertisers, the crisis in the SME sector, online consumption of news and web entertainment gaining natural grounds without concomitant contribution to the topline, newsprint becoming costlier,…
The past year has left something like a hazy dream that was mostly unexciting and didn’t seem to get over anytime soon! We experienced a few setbacks, navigated through turbulent waters, found familiar shores again and, affirmatively, found our strong footing—all within the same year. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to call it a rollercoaster…