Browse published articles by Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao.
Of content and control – where advertising and PR still rule
Vidura (Volume 11, Issue 4, P. 20-21)
When the path and the pace of the media in India are by and large set by advertising and market research, which are often controlled by foreign corporates,...…
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01 Dec 2019
Revealing a vibrant democracy: Electoral reforms are the need of the hour
Wion
As India completes its 17th general election in 70 years, it is an occasion to answer pessimists, who have doubted the vibrancy of India’s democracy. …
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22 May 2019
Revealing a vibrant democracy
DNA
As India completes its 17th general election in 70 years, it is an occasion to answer pessimists, who have doubted the vibrancy of India’s democracy. When the…
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22 May 2019
The ‘note for vote’ syndrome
DNA
With two of the seven-phased 2019 general election left to go, the Election Commission (EC) has reported countrywide confiscation of cash, gold, liquor and drug…
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10 May 2019
2019 Lok Sabha polls will go down as the most expensive election in the history of democracy
Wion
With two of the seven-phased 2019 general election left to go, the Election Commission (EC) has reported countrywide confiscation of cash, gold, liquor and drug…
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10 May 2019
Cash-for-votes: An insidious poll trend
The Hindu
The cash-for-votes practice is no longer limited to the south. It’s time to think of ways to restore democracy…
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30 Apr 2019
Poll code: Nothing really model about it
DNA
As we approach the halfway mark of the seven-phase 2019 elections, it is clear that this is the ugliest campaign in India’s 70-year-old electoral history. As …
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26 Apr 2019
Political leaders and parties must come forward to restore the sanctity of electoral practices
Wion
As we approach the halfway mark of the seven-phase 2019 elections, it is clear that this is the ugliest campaign in India’s 70-year-old electoral history. …
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26 Apr 2019
EC’s deep credibility crisis
DNA
As the 2019 poll campaign kicked off, a few unprecedented civil society initiatives deserve to be recalled. …
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17 Apr 2019
Sops and welfare state
DNA
What exactly is good governance that every political leader claims to bestow on the people, best enshrined in their 2019 election manifestos? …
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15 Apr 2019
In a democracy, good governance is not possible without good politics
Wion
What exactly is good governance that every political leader claims to bestow on the people, best enshrined in their 2019 election manifestos?…
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15 Apr 2019
Poll surveys vitiate democratic fundamentals, don't they?
Vidura (April-June 2019)
Ever increasing expenditure on election campaigns and increased number of poll surveys are eroding the very fundamentals of free, fair and inclusive claims of o…
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01 Apr 2019
Setting an unhealthy trend
DNA
The rising expenditure on election campaigns and exponential increase in the number of poll surveys are eroding the very fundamentals of India’s free, fair an…
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19 Mar 2019
Social media and elections
DNA
As the 2019 General Election come closer, political leaders and the media are harping on how core issues are being ignored, threatening the very fundamentals of…
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10 Mar 2019
Time to bust the fake, move away from TRPs
Vidura (P.1), Vol 11, Jan-March, 2019
News journalism is in the midst of a crisis, says N. Bhaskara Rao. And yet, we continue talk about symptoms than the root causes, he adds. More than twenty year…
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01 Jan 2019