True Review Television - Doordarshan’s Tribute To Mothers

Last Sunday, which was also Mother’s Day, as I watched the Prerna Awards on DD National, I was overwhelmed by the stories narrated on stage by Daughters who acknowled...

THE YOUNG WOMAN WHO CREATED A NEW WAY TO BUST SEX TRAFFICKING RINGS

When she was still an undergrad, Emily Kennedy created Traffic Jam, a program that helps authorities track prostitution rings by using publicly available data.
Last ye...

Designing A World Where Environmentalists Win

“Captain Planet! He’s our hero…”
If you’re a millennial, you can probably fill in the rest. While the green-mulleted eco-hero didn&rsquo...

True Review Movie - Aligarh

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Cast: Manoj Bajpayee, Rajkummar Rao

Production: Sandeep Singh

Director: Hansal Mehta

Written By: Apurva Asrani

Genre...

True Review TV - New Hope, Old Hand

July has been somewhat satisfying for televiewing, barring a few glitches and peeves. Admittedly, I would doff my cap to Asit Modi, his team of writers and cast of Taarak M...

Inside The Company That’s Made Viral Videos Big Business.

NATE GRANZOW SETTLES into his chair and taps a few keys on his keyboard. Two large computer screens blink to life. The left screen has a browser with so many open tabs it l...

BEHIND, THE NEWS BREAKS

When going beyond kitchen melodrama and family politics, television content providers need to research the setting for their shows with a fine tooth comb. When Lifeline was...

The Many Faces Of Media

Panoramic landscapes of rock formations on face of the earth are not the only structures that present the spectacle of erosion. What takes infinite centuries to change the ...

Global Warming Is Already Clobbering The Amazon

WHEN IT COMES to doing research in the Amazon, Oliver Phillips says the worst part is the sweat bees. Phillips, an ecologist from the University of Leeds who has been ...