kapil

My blogs

Gender	Male
Occupation	Journalist
Location	Delhi, North India
Introduction	Delhi-based journalist, having worked for a business magazine and a news agency. Also worked as a researcher on local democracy and right to information for an NGO. Having left my latest employment at a magazine on governance, where I contributed to ideation and wrote on public policy from the perspective of common citizens, in September 2010, I am currently engaged in freelancing. At the NGO, I participated in a rare experiment in bringing face to face the people and their representatives and officials in the municipal bodies. At the business magazine, I wrote on finance, economy, business, education, healthcare, etc. At the news agency, my longest employer so far, I worked on the business and economy desk, but also did some news reporting and writing. I believe we Indians are going through a very slow but sure democratic awakening, which is due to greater flow of information. We must sustain this process of awakening and help each other out of ignorance. This ignorance enslaves us to the elite that currently handles the levers of power.
Interests	thinking and reading, specially about society, democracy and economy.
Favorite Movies	Bollywood does not make movies that reflect our lives.
Favorite Music	Shahnai recital of someone like Biamillah Khan.
Favorite Books	Manufacturing Consent: The Political Economy of Mass Media by Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky