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A Chronicle of Successful Rural Media Experiment Bhaskar Parichha   The Good Reporter: A Memoir of Journalism in the 21st Century  Disha Mullick  and 8 Others Simon & Schuster India New Delhi     In an era when journalism is increasingly shaped by corporate ownership, algorithmic visibility, and shrinking public trust, The Good Reporter: A Memoir of Journalism in the 21st Century arrives as both testimony and intervention. Written collectively by Disha Mullick, Geeta Devi, Harshita Verma and the women journalists of Khabar Lahariya, the book is far more than a memoir of a rural newspaper. It is a layered meditation on caste, gender, language, technology, and the ethics of reporting in contemporary India. The story begins in 2002 in the rugged landscape of Bundelkhand, where a group of rural women—many Dalit, some with little formal education—decided to publish a newspaper. At first glance, the idea itself appears improbable. In deeply patriarchal and feuda...

Far beyond a Biography Bhaskar Parichha ‘MADE IN INDIA: The Story of Desh Bandhu Gupta, Lupin and Indian Pharma’ is a compelling and deeply grounded account of how individual conviction can intersect with national transformation. At its heart is the extraordinary journey of Desh Bandhu Gupta, but the book expands far beyond biography to become a narrative about India’s emergence as a global pharmaceutical force. What makes this work stand out is its emphasis on process rather than myth. Gupta’s rise—from a modest academic life in Rajasthan to building Lupin Limited into a global enterprise—is portrayed as a series of deliberate, often difficult choices. The backdrop of the License Raj is not merely a historical context; it becomes an active force shaping the trajectory of Indian entrepreneurship. In this environment of constraint, Gupta’s belief that affordable medicine should be accessible to all acquires both moral and strategic significance. The authors, Manish Sabharwal and Sundeep...