Voice Of Achievers

What’s the power of a question?Why choose college over course?What we need to know about criticism?Why media can’t be taught but can be learnt?Journalism, College Politics, Bias, Perspective, Culture, Criticism, peppered with films on this Media Minds Special Episode.Our guest Mayank Shekhar is an Indian film critic, journalist and author of three books- Bombay Talkies, Cinema Ka Safar and Name Place Animal thing. Currently, Entertainment Head at Mid Day, he’s been a journalist with Hindustan Times and Mumbai Mirror in the past. With 20 years of experience, he’s the first film critic to have won the Ramnath Goenka Journalism Award. Find your favourite part using the timestamps below-4.50- Arriving at career decisions by elimination & discovery, and why it’s ok to have no plans9.00- Why college over course? Doing nothing yet not being the loser12.30- School politics and life lessons15.00- The power of quizzing, debating and finding YOUniqueness17.30- Journalism, being the outsider and learning on the job20