Browse published articles by Dr. N. Bhaskar Rao.
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…
Published on:
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
Opinion | This election season, Congress party continues to be a prisoner of its past
Mint
No new campaigner has either emerged in the Congress party or been showcased by it…
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28 Nov 2018
Whither news journalism
Scribes News (p.9-10)
News journalism is in the midst of a crisis. And yet We continue talk about symptoms than the root causes. More than twenty years ago I have signalled the twis…
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04 Oct 2018
Are simultaneous polls good for governance?
The Tribune
ON the face of it, the idea of simultaneous elections is appealing. Particularly, because codes of the Election Commission curtail the powers of the incumbent g…
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20 Apr 2018
Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas should be the yardstick for second year celebrations of Modi Government
The Hans India
Two years is too early to celebrate successes or achievements or, even more, to call initiatives as failures of a Government.…
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27 May 2016
Modi scores higher than NDA
Mydigitalfc
Using findings from a special performance assessment study conducted by the Centre for Media Studies on the occasion of the Modi Government completing two years…
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27 May 2016
UNESCO should reopen debate on media freedom
The Hans India
We have been holding World Press Freedom Day for decades? Has it made any difference any where? Among any sections? In any way to do with freedom of media? …
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03 May 2016
Why public schools are being pushed to a close down?
The Hans India
On Tuesday (April 12) Supreme Court lamented that efforts are not being made to enroll children into public schools and viewed that every village should have a …
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13 Apr 2016
High time we debate role of Public and Private Schools
The Hans India
Tenth class student, Santosh Reddy of a private school in Karimnagar in Telengana state had signaled last week another phenomena in the offing in the country si…
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07 Oct 2015
On Good Governance
South Asia Politics
In the ultimate analysis what distinguishes one Government from another? From an aam admi perspective more particularly what could differentiate a government? W…
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01 Sep 2015
RTI does not hamper, it is best bet for Political Parties
The Hans India
The affidavit submitted to Supreme Court last week by Department of Personal and Training of NDA Government should not put an end the ongoing public debate on w…
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28 Aug 2015
Smart Cities, best bet for rejuvenating urban India
The Hans India
Smart Cities, Best Bet For Rejuvenating Urban India. ‘Smart Cities’ has of late become a buzz word. Six months after announcements, the very concept itself …
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17 Apr 2015