Weblog of Anirban Roy

News publishing and social media

2008-09-04T12:34:00.001+05:30

Exciting to see so many news publishers active on social media sites. The power of community building and the instant feedback it provides offers a new tool to product managers and editors. But, the publishers must put a face to name and respond to the feedback.Citizen journalism is exciting and social media has made it fast and cheap to disseminate CJ news but, as I always say, can you trust CJ

unified via imified, a journo's dream

2008-09-03T23:22:00.001+05:30

Experimenting with bots via imified and think there is a huge potential here. Need to spend some time to crack this.

August 15 – aazaadi shopping ki

2008-08-16T18:14:00.013+05:30

Every August 15 you are reminded of the significance of the date. Reminded by the day's visual manifestation and the holiday you enjoy. The unfurling of the flag, the national anthem, Prime Minister's speech on TV, the plastic flags my mother puts up in our front courtyard and the huge adverts in newspapers and supplements announcing the special sale on the occasion of our Independence

Serial bombings in India and Intelligence failure?

2008-07-29T11:36:00.004+05:30

24 blasts in two days and India was left asking the usual question -- Intelligence failure?The series of serial bombings in the last few months surely involved a lot of planning. Jaipur, Bangalore and Ahmedabad had many similarities. Even the same group claiming responsibility for two of the serial blasts.So what ails our security apparatus and why is India so vulnerable? Are we a weak nation

UPA 275, Sensex 838

2008-07-24T11:56:00.005+05:30

So the UPA government scored 275 not out in a closely contested limited hours match.Opposition cried foul alleging match fixing, UPA carried on playing in spite of bad light.And in the end, the biggest gainer was India's markets which gave a resounding welcome to the final score. The benchmark BSE Sensex gained 838 points yesterday which many experts say is based on the belief that with the Left

Can 123 lead to 272 for the UPA government?

2008-07-23T14:13:00.002+05:30

Will the government survive? Is the nuclear deal so worth it? What is the nuclear deal actually? I have been asked these questions so many times in the past few days that I feel like keeping a boilerplate ready, hitting the play button the moment I am asked a question linked to the above subject of the Indo-U.S. nuclear deal and the trust vote.For all such questions