Fifty shades of media

India's news broadcasters are a national shame that have polarised Indians and put them off its national pride, cinema

The police officers on Shetland are quiet. They don’t use four-letter words and whip out guns while breaking down doors a la Hollywood. They wear warm, practical jackets, understand the locals and then catch the murderer, rapist et al. The award-winning series, set in the eponymous islands North of Scotland, is melancholic, grey, undulating and beguiling, just like the land. A haunting background score adds to the feeling of sadness, and of peace, that Shetland evokes.

That is how the Indian media and entertainment (M&E) business feels like. In one of the toughest years ever, Indians had their TV, newspaper, OTT