Anna Hazare's arrest drama in pictures

These are screenshots of television news channels during the farcical arrest of social activist Anna Hazare in New Delhi yesterday. These images are from English and Hindi news channels.
Anna's arrest created a media frenzy, evident in these scenes captured from different television channels.

This is an image from the English channel Times Now. Anna Hazare Arrested the channel screams.

Live India, a Hindi channel has a dramatic picture of Anna Hazare staring defiantly from  behind bars.

People protest all over India. Headlines Today, an English channel showed this image of people protesting in different places. Most channels showed clips from other places besides Delhi.

This is a scene of a huge number of people on the streets in support of Anna Hazare.

Anna Hazare is being likened to Mahatma Gandhi. 

Within hours the government seems to have panicked. First some of Anna's associates who were arrested (eg. Kiran Bedi) are released. Then there is news that Anna Hazare is being released. This is an image from CNN-IBN and it tells us that the police have sent a release warrant to Tihar Jail where Anna is lodged.

All news channels are reporting it now. This image is from the Hindi channel Total Live. Anna Hazare is to be released but negotiations are on. The government of India is not showing any signs of sense, sensibility or leadership by these tactics. One wonders if Rahul Gandhi is in the lead. Or is it Chidambaram? Surely it cannot be Manmohan Singh? Just curious to know whose strategy this is...or wait maybe they have all put their heads together!

Indian news anchors and news readers

These are images captured from a television screen of news channels. The people in the images are well known news anchors from different TV channels. Bloggers writing posts about news anchors or news  channels could find these useful.

This is Rajdeep Sardesai from CNN IBN conducting an interview on his channel.

This is another (female) news reader from CNN-IBN.

This is Rahul Shivshankar from Times Now

Here is another more famous news anchor from the Times Now news channel. Arnab Goswami. His style is often hysterical. He uses his hands a lot, and points and waves in addition to the accusing tone that he uses frequently.

This is Rahul Kanwal from Headlines Today. A news anchor who manages sensationalism with panache. Without yelling, screaming and pointing.

An unknown woman news reader from the Doordarshan news channel. DD is the national broadcaster, government owned.

This male news anchor is from the Hindi business channel, CNBC Awaaz.

A well known news anchor from NDTV Live, a Hindi news channel.

Another TV grab from CNN IBN.  Sagarika Ghose (second from left) is interviewing panelists. The man second from the right is the head honcho (now retired) at Infosys, Narayan Murthy.

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Or if you are looking for logos and brands of news channels then check this out:  Television channel photos - Aaj Tak, CNN IBN, Times Now, Headlines Today and IBN Or Movie channel photos - HBO, AXN, MGM, Sahara Filmy, Sony Pix, UTV Action, WB and Zee Studio

Movie channel photos - HBO, AXN, MGM, Sahara Filmy, Sony Pix, UTV Action, WB and Zee Studio

Here are some images of entertainment channels, specifically movie channels. Useful for bloggers who are writing about these channels.

The first image is of the English movie channel - Home Box Office, HBO.

The action channel which has a mix of serials, actions shows and movies is AXN and fairly popular. Below is an image of the channel.

MGM is an English movie channel and shows old movies.

Sahara Filmy has a mix of programmes, and it shows Hindi movies.

Sony Pix also has a mix of programmes and at times shows Sports programmes. It also shows Hindi movies.

UTV Action shows English movies dubbed in Hindi.

Warner Brothers movie channel is called WB and it shows English movies.

Zee Studio, a channel which is part of the Zee group, shows English movies.

Related Viewing: Television channel photos - Aaj Tak, CNN IBN, Times Now, Headlines Today and IBN
Or Indian news anchors and news readers

Huts in an Indian Village

Indian Villages are not all about being mired in poverty where people cannot eke out a living. The following pictures are of a village about 200 kilometers north-east of Mumbai (near Diwekarwadi) where the houses and surrounding areas are clean, the roofs of the huts are cobbled and there is satellite television as well. Sure, these people are poor, but they are not desperately poor. And they certainly live better lives than the urban poor.

They make their living through agriculture

A photograph of a cobbled hut in a village. You can see the wide entrance and porch, a design good for the summer heat. The hut is built under a large shady tree. In India the evenings are cooler but the houses may have heated up. Sitting in the shade under a porch is something that people do. A small satellite dish is visible in the right of the picture, on the roof.

The satellite dish is visible in the center of the photograph. These people are not so poor that they cannot affort satellite television.

More related images: A village in Maharashtra or Middle class kitchens of rural India
You might also like Sketches and drawings of thatched huts or Photographs of houses and huts from Dakshinachitra in South India (which has an example of model thatched hut) or photos of thatched huts from the Chennai area
For urban poverty you can check the post below:
Slums in India - aerial view or Homeless in India - Photographs

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Television channel photos - Aaj Tak, CNN IBN, Times Now, Headlines Today and IBN

These are images of the various television NEWS channels in India, English and Hindi. Bloggers are very fond of critiquing news channels and these images are just right for them.

Aaj Tak, a Hindi channel, comes in for a lot of flak because of its sensational news reporting.

In my view CNN IBN is a fairly good English news channel, more balanced than the others.

HeadLines today belongs to the India Today group, like Aaj Tak. Its in English and also tends towards sensational reporting although I find it better than Aaj Tak. There is a lot of entertainment related news here. This image is a grab from the Sports News.

I do not watch IBN, a Hindi channel so cannot say much here.

Times Now is known for its sensational reporting and its habit of making mountains out of molehills. Political gossip is its forte. However they do a fair amount of good reportage, evident in their latest attempts to uncover corruption scams in India.

Related Images: Indian news anchors and news readers or Movie channel photos - HBO, AXN, MGM, Sahara Filmy, Sony Pix, UTV Action, WB and Zee Studio
Or for print media: Regional Newspapers in India - Images or English Newspapers in India - Images or or Newspaper and Magazine Vendors in India