G Vishnu has worked as a cameraman and assistant script-writer on two documentary films on tribal issues with Shri Prakash, a prominent film-maker in Jharkhand. He has reported on matters like Naxal-State conflict and politics as is seen in New Delhi. He has been a part of TEHELKA's investigations team since August 2011. He finished his post-graduation in Communication from Manipal University in 2009.
Recently, a journalist friend from Bangalore in a late evening conversation over the phone went on a bitching trip about his city. He had no issues with the urban-scape, amenities, food or how safe the city is — simply because he loves the city for all that. This guy’s chagrin [...]
By the time in 2009, I had already spent three exhausting months in Jharkhand working as a cameraman for a documentary filmmaker fanatic about attention to details. I had had already been to some of the remotest parts of the state, met people with stories as absurd as that of some of the characters [...]
In the first week of September, 18 Muslim youth were arrested in Bangalore, Hubli, Hyderabad and Nanded in Maharashtra on charges of being suspected terrorists – supposedly foot soldiers of the shadowy entity Indian Mujahideen. That all of them are Muslims and below 30 years of age. Something unfortunately never [...]
