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Shashidhar Nanjundaiah
About the AuthorShashidhar Nanjundaiah
The writer has headed and taught at schools of media and communication
    Book Review | Innovation Migrates from Silicon ValleyBooks and Art
    Book Review | Innovation Migrates from Silicon Valley

    This mapping of technological innovations is an allegory for the complexities of cultures, competition and collaboration...

    6 Sept 2025 1:25 PM IST

    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Indian-American Dream: So near yet so far, amidst row on H-1B visasColumnists
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Indian-American Dream: So near yet so far,...

    Trump’s visa policy shift sparks uncertainty for Indian professionals amid growing concerns over immigration and local...

    8 Jan 2025 12:00 AM IST

    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | This election in India challenged the narrative of trust & distrustColumnists
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | This election in India challenged the...

    From the look on the faces of Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge at the June 4 press conference as captured and...

    7 Jun 2024 12:10 AM IST

    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Campuses erupt in US: Can India, world learn lessons?Columnists
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Campuses erupt in US: Can India, world learn...

    Columbia University in New York is in the news in India after the university’s president ordered police raids on the...

    7 May 2024 12:01 AM IST

    Free speech law stops at the gates of private spaces. (Image: Freepik)Opinion
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Threats to free speech rise as global...

    To say that our world has become much more polarised than before after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine would be to...

    20 Dec 2023 12:03 AM IST

    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Equity vs equality: Battle of the visible & invisibleOpinion
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Equity vs equality: Battle of the visible &...

    Last week, the US Supreme Court issued two momentous judgments that may resonate around the world, including in India....

    8 July 2023 12:10 AM IST

    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Uncertainty in classrooms amid ChatGPT disruptionsOpinion
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Uncertainty in classrooms amid ChatGPT...

    ChatGPT (Generative Pre-Trained Transfer) is an exciting new arrival that was launched on November 30, 2022. It is a...

    24 March 2023 12:00 AM IST

    The louder pre-alarm alarm for the news media in India and elsewhere is that not only has trust been declining, interest in news appears to have fallen across the world: a huge plunge from 63 per cent last year to 52 per cent this year. (Representational Photo:PTI)Opinion
    Why people are avoiding news; and what must be done to fix things

    Only 42 per cent of respondents said they trust news

    19 Jun 2022 12:08 AM IST

    Upper castes are nearly twice as likely to have high or moderate exposure to social media as Dalits and tribals. (Photo: Representational/Pexels)Opinion
    Media outlets, others must do more to curtail online bullying

    While the newsperson is going through her set of emotional distress, the public at large has its own issues to deal with

    23 March 2022 1:12 AM IST

    Over the last week of October 2021, the UN-sponsored Global Media and Information Week in South Africa, with Indias participation, resolved to fight disinformation by improving peoples ability to counter it. (Photo: UNICEF)Opinion
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Can media literacy efforts ensure info...

    In India and many other countries where media literacy is still in its infancy, the discourse is still largely basic

    3 Dec 2021 11:15 PM IST

    Not complying with one of the rules mandated by the Indian government has cost Twitter dearly, as it lost the very legal cover that would have enabled it to be treated as an intermediary. (AFP Photo)Opinion
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Twitter vs Govt: Free speech, interrupted

    In real terms, this means that the social media platform will now be responsible for what the Twitterati say

    19 Jun 2021 12:45 AM IST

    Earlier, in his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a powerful positivity message needs to go out. (PTI)Opinion
    Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Positivity effect: Govt has to do things...

    Rather than viewing criticism negatively, the criticism-averse govt can also help transform public perceptions by...

    18 May 2021 7:24 AM IST

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