Alok Mehta\'s book ‘Power, Press and Politics’ off the shelf

The book: ‘Power, Press and Politics’ penned by senior Journalist Alok Mehta unveiled the real face of journalism in five decades.  His book is an insider’s view of the challenges and successes of the Indian media. The book creates awareness about the ethics in the field of media and to the new generation.

A remarkable narrative by Alok Mehta questions media’s credibility and false news are a focus of attention worldwide and above all in those countries where the media has traditionally played a central role in safeguarding democracy. Indian media, long renowned for their courage, volubility and colour, is confronting its own particular ‘moment of truth’. To read Alok Mehta’s eyewitness account of 50 years as a leading journalist and editor is almost like reading an autobiography of India’s traditional press corps.

Mehta’s book is a rare resource for journalists, media, institutes, universities, colleges of journalism and mass communications, media planners, political and social workers, professionals in the business of corporate communication and, above all, common readers to understand realities of the Indian Media world.

His memoires have honesty, pace, credibility and readability. The perspective and the nuanced maturity that Mehta brings out in various aspects in his book is genuinely a 360-degree perspective.  The book is scholarly and experiential at the same time.