Hindi-Language Magazines - Tehelka, List of Magazines in Hindi, Grihshobha, Saras Salil, Sarita (Paperback)

Chapters: Tehelka, List of Magazines in Hindi, Grihshobha, Saras Salil, Sarita. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Tehelka is an Indian weekly magazine under the editorship of Tarun Tejpal. The publication began in 2000 as a news website, Tehelka.com. In 2001, with an expose of match-fixing in professional cricket in India, it got public attention, but it was the defense sting, called Operation Westend that got it the international attention, which led to the resignation of Indian Defence Minister . It was forced to close down temporarily due to hostile government action following Operation West End, a major expose on corruption in defense procurements.. This was a dark period when the meager budget of a startup media firm was exhausted by legal expenses facing a Commission of Enquiry. As Shoma Choudhury writes, the tide turned in January 2002: We had crossed an important milestone. A week earlier, we had turned our backs on the Commission of Enquiry. In a masterful performance, Ram Jethmalani had blown craters through the government's case against First Global and Tehelka. And Justice Venkatswami had finished writing his interim report on the 15 defence deals being examined behind closed doors. The Establishment was running scared. Consummate strategists, they replaced Justice Venkatswami with Justice Phookan. There was talk of starting from scratch. We had had enough. We had co-operated; we had fought, but the impasse with the government was leaching us dry. We refused to be a part of our own witch-hunt any longer. We bowed out of the new Commission. This was the end of Tehelka 1. Almost miraculously, it freed our heads. It released us from a death embrace. The blueprint of our story began to change from reactive defence to proactive hope.In 20...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=257449