A Qissa of Brutal Honesty from an Observant Flaneur

Journalism is an ever-evolving chaos because its umbilical cord is attached to the socio-cultural-political movements of a society that needn’t necessarily have any design, formulae or pattern. It is an institution of discourses that are formed on shared beliefs, anomalies, conflicts, power dynamics and confluences. In India, the global and local practices of journalism merge to create a unique communication system that underlines her contemporary socio-cultural-political spectrum. The following review of a book that champions the history of journalism and its relationship with the society sheds a spotlight on the linguistic, financial and social journey of Hindi journalism.