It was as part of our efforts to connect with the youth and provide an opportunity to our young aspirants to get to limelight that we commenced ‘Model of the Fortnight’ five years ago. From our May 1, 2009 issue to this 15th Anniversary Special, about 120 young women of our community have decorated these columns. Almost all of them…
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We have never indulged in self-adulation since Indian Newslink commenced publication on November 15, 1999. We have never proclaimed ourselves as the Number One Indian Newspaper (certainly not even before we marked our first Anniversary). We never awarded ourselves superlatives; that is not our business. To us, journalism is not a hobby or just a passion. It is a profession,…
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The first issue of Indian Newslink rolled out in November 1999. A new English publication in tabloid format was established. It had one full-time employee- Ravin Lal. Not that there was dearth of talent but he could not afford a nine-to-five complement. Ravin worked out of his home, so did others involved from theirs. It may have worked but not…
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The well-known American playwright Arthur Miller once wrote, “A good newspaper is a nation talking to itself.” This thought may not have been in the minds of those beginning the production of a regular newspaper, written in English and beamed at Indian New Zealanders, living by its advertisements and presented to customers free, covering news, business, sport, fashion and culture…
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Congratulations to Indian Newslink on your fifteenth year of publishing news for the Indian community and the contribution you have made to informing, entertaining and educating your readership. Newspapers and most other media are businesses that must operate commercially in a competitive environment. That means they must be relevant to their consumers and responsive to their needs. For more than…
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A few years ago, an academic predicted that the last American newspaper would roll off the presses in the next 40 years. He is one of many who have pronounced the last rites for the printed word – the predominant mass media platform of the last three centuries. But to paraphrase that excellent 19th Century US editor and novelist Mark…
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What an outstanding achievement for Indian Newslink today: 15 years of publishing success in the famously competitive New Zealand print media. They have not been easy years for the industry. The rise of the internet and online publishing has brought stormy and unsettled times for local and global media. Only the nimble have survived. Well done on embracing change and…
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Fifteen is a triangular number, a hexagonal number, a pentatope number and the fourth Bell number. Fifteen is the double factorial of five. It is a composite number; its proper divisors being one, three and five. With only two exceptions, all prime quadruplets enclose a multiple of 15, with 15 itself being enclosed by the quadruplet (11, 13, 17, 19).…
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Politicians expect to be grilled by the media over their Party’s policies, and over their own actions, as the media’s role in holding politicians to account is crucial to an informed democracy. We in New Zealand are very fortunate to have the right to free speech and we enjoy a high degree of press freedom. I have read that only…
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Congratulations, Indian Newslink, on your 15th Anniversary, serving the wider Indian community as news-bearer, educator and voice. This newspaper’s coverage in print and online is a channel through which communities sometimes absent in mainstream media can enter New Zealand’s national conversations, enriching our understanding. Democratic essentials Robust and independent news media are essential to a thriving democracy. They make our…
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