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| Letters: Reeling off reality | 30-OCT-09 |
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| This refers to Vanita Kohli-Khandekar’s ‘Cinema: The mirror of India’ (October 27). It touches upon a largely uncharted area. |
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| A tear for reality | 25-OCT-09 |
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| Unlike many others, who refer to them as “completely trashy shows”, I’ve always enjoyed bingeing on the junk that reality shows provide on television. I’ve loved the process of sifting through channels and somehow felt very secure cocooned in my room with a remote in my hand. |
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| Reality check | 13-OCT-09 |
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| Channel V has revamped its content with more reality shows. |
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| Riches to rags | 11-OCT-09 |
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| Ten rich brats become slum dwellers for a new reality show on UTV Bindass. |
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| HC allows NDTV Imagine to beam 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' | 06-OCT-09 |
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| The Delhi High Court today allowed entertainment channel NDTV Imagine to continue its reality TV show 'Pati Patni Aur Woh,' by staying the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights order to cease telecast. |
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| NCPCR issues notice to NDTV | 03-OCT-09 |
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| The complaints of cruelty with infants on reality show Pati Patni aur Woh has made the child rights commission, NCPCR, swing into action which has issued a notice to the TV channel and written to the Information and Broadcasting ministry to intervene. |
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| Green IT yet to be a reality : Gartner poll | 03-OCT-09 |
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| Green IT might have been the buzz word in the global technology arena, but when it comes to its actual implementation and monitoring, not many IT managers seem to be quite serious about it. According to a recent poll conducted by research firm Gartner, this is mostly being seen in data centres where the IT managers are not paying sufficient attention for measuring, monitoring and modelling the energy use. |
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| UN must change and reflect contemporary reality: Krishna | 28-SEP-09 |
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| Noting that the global order has changed dramatically since the establishment of the United Nations some 65 years ago, External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has asserted that the world body should also change and reflect the contemporary reality. |
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| All-women radio to be available for mobile users | 26-SEP-09 |
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| Spaceforradio.Com, a 24-hour internet Malayalam radio, claimed to be the first online radio in the world run exclusively by women, would be available to mobile phone users having GPRS facility from Sep 28, the company announced today. |
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| Olympic medallist Vijender's boxing reality show still on | 26-SEP-09 |
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| In what may come as a big boost to sports management firm Percept and production house Bull Dog Entertainment, their recently announced reality action boxing series The Contender — featuring Olympic bronze medalist Vijender Singh — will still be produced, despite the legal row with Singh’s sports management firm, Infinity Optimal Solutions (IOS). |
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| UTV Bindass: When prince plays the pauper | 08-SEP-09 |
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| Taking a cue from the success of Slumdog Millionaire, television channel UTV Bindass is launching a reality show titled The Big Switch. The show revolves around 12 youngsters picked from affluent backgrounds who will live with 12 slum kids. They will have to perform tasks like selling trinkets and other wares at traffic signals or polishing shoes at the railway station. Of course, they will also have to do the regular household chores of a slum kid as well. Finally, each will help the slum child realise his dream as well. |
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| Reality shows suffer mid-life crisis | 27-AUG-09 |
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| Private TV channels that hope to woo advertisers and viewers by launching reality shows are facing a new reality. Far from driving ratings to newer heights as they were expected to do, viewer interest in reality shows appears to taper halfway through. Instead, it is the age-old soaps and drama that ultimately provide consistent ratings and, therefore, advertising revenues. |
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| Govt can feed all for about 3 months from reserves | 14-AUG-09 |
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| Although drought threatens to eat into India’s food production, the government has enough food stocks to feed the country’s one-billion-plus population for nearly three months in the event of any crisis. |
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