Rohit Bansal
rohitbansal@post.harvard.edu
@Rohit Bansal
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Guest Column: Vinod Mehta reinvented as a sidekick on TV: Rohit Bansal
Vinod Mehta knew why TV is the bandwagon he must hop on to and so in the last decade he invested a lot into TV, says Rohit Bansal, Group Head of Communications at RIL
#FutureProof: This isn't just Kabaddi, it's an assertion!
Smart packaging, serious star power, athleticism & fitness on display make one wanting more of STAR's Pro Kabaddi League. It stirs an assertion, not just of contact sports or big money, but of a more confident country, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: This isn't just Kabaddi, it's an assertion!
Smart packaging, serious star power, athleticism & fitness on display make one wanting more of STAR's Pro Kabaddi League. It stirs an assertion, not just of contact sports or big money, but of a more confident country, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: Take a bow, Mr Modi - You just restored India's I-Day morning!
With one magisterial swipe, Narendra Modi has charged the nation with optimism beyond the propriety of I-Day, with inspiring communication born out of years of grounding in the rough & tumble of politics, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: Was the Katju blog hijacked?
Honest acknowledgement of sourcing is a missing piece in print and TV. The rush for portraying ordinarily available information as 'exclusive' isn't about morality alone. It has its professional pitfalls, says Rohit Bansal
Budget Bytes: "3 Budget-day ideas the media didn't push hard enough"
Increasing duty on cigarettes, dealing with retrospective taxation, and promise of prompt decision-making offer a lot of hope for the nation. However, these very issues didn’t get enough focus from the media, says Rohit Bansal
Budget Bytes: “3 Budget-day ideas the media didn’t push hard enough”
Increasing duty on cigarettes, dealing with retrospective taxation, and promise of prompt decision-making offer a lot of hope for the nation. However, these very issues didn’t get enough focus from the media, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: PMO appointment shows how Modi Sarkar is different
Rohit Bansal applauds the appointment of Nripendra Misra as principal secretary to Prime Minister, shedding light on Misra's diverse repertoire and Modi's preference of merit over kinship
#FutureProof: $4/unit is worth thousands of stories, but a $400-bn deal isn't
The Indian media missed out on the significance of the news of the $400-bn gas deal between Moscow & Beijing even as the world press gave it ample coverage, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: @PMOIndia is dead. Long live @PMOIndia handle!
With Modi-led BJP winning absolute majority in the polls, Rohit Bansal hopes there will now be a rejigged & rocking @PMOINdia handle - a harbinger of optimism and two-way communication
#FutureProof: @superstarrajini vs @SrBachchan; Twitter tales of two superstars
Rohit Bansal remarks on Rajnikanth's phenomenal Twitter debut, candidly analysing the creative Twitter handles of Rajinikanth and Amitabh Bachchan
#FutureProof: Bemoaning the indifference to a shared history
Rohit Bansal alludes to the traditional rivalry between Hindu College & St Stephen's and laments how the two have failed to foster the richness of their heritage
#FutureProof: Ushering in India's 'Golden Age' of football with ISL
Rohit Bansal highlights how the Indian Super League seeks to create a footballing culture in India with renewed energy, investment & commitment by the stakeholders
#FutureProof: Three readings for PM’s daughter - Baru, Parakh, Subramanian
A lot has been made out of Sanjaya Baru's 'The Accidental Prime Minister', a first-person account of the first five years of Manmohan Singh's Prime Ministership, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: EC vs broadcast editors has a puppy-dog ploy driving it
Arvind Kejriwal's ploy, calling India's broadcast editors as 'violators of the Constitution' & stooges of commerce, is a fit case of the "puppy-dog ploy", remarks Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: The context of RIL’s ‘Operation Izzat’
A realisation on why the social media and mainstream media can complement each other for your company and its own ‘flame of truth’, according to Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: Go get yourself a Klout score
While Klout isn't 100% accurate for everyone on the planet, it's a fast-emerging currency of digital influence and gives a user a measure of digital self-worth
#FutureProof: News TV prima donnas must disclose political affiliations
'Neutrality' being touted is neither here or there. The gang-up is pretty much obvious if we scratch beneath the veneer, says Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: Doomsday & the business of trailing Arvind Kejriwal
Surely, Kejriwal has a job to do - but whatever happened to professional editors, whose instinct must be to induce sanitisation and context, asks Rohit Bansal
#FutureProof: Whither @PMOIndia handle on Twitter in May?
Should really famous people even be on Twitter, asks Rohit Bansal in his weekly column, as he reflects on the fate of the Prime Minister's Twitter handle should there be a change of guard in the Govt
#FutureProof: No channel is safe even if merely regurgitating an allegation!
Regulation 101 would tell us that a channel can't get away just being a regurgitator, much less become a platform for wide dissemination of false & defamatory statements, says Rohit Bansal in his weekly column