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Why don’t Indian media write more on climate change?

Why don’t Indian media write more on climate change?

by The Daily Eye Team November 19 2013, 10:48 am Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 31 secs

“Some media analysts say the slim coverage of climate issues by India’s local-language press is due more to commercial decisions and a shortage of trained science journalists than a lack of interest among readers and viewers.

One journalist who covered the launch of the report, reflecting the view of many Indians that they can do little about climate change, asked “What difference will it make if we write on such issues? So much has been written about the dangerous pollution in the River Yamuna in the heart of Delhi. Has any difference at all been seen? None.”

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HUMRA QURAISHI


Humra Quraishi is a writer, columnist and journalist. She has authored Kashmir: The Unending tragedy, Reports From the Frontlines, Kashmir: The Untold Story, Views: Yours and Mine, Bad Time Tales, More Bad Time Tales, Divine Legacy: Dagars & Dhrupad and Meer. She has co- authored The Good The Bad and The Ridiculous: Profiles, Absolute Khushwant and a series of writings with the late Khushwant Singh. Her take on what's it like to be a singleton in today's turbulent times, is part of the Penguin published anthology, Chasing the Good Life: On Being Single. And, one of her essays, The State Can't Snatch Away our Children is part of the Zubaan published anthology, Of Mothers And Others. Her essay in the volume on the 1984 Sikh riots, 1984: In Memory and Imagination is titled, Why not a Collective Cry for Justice!  


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