As A Watchdog Of Public Interest And The Voice Of The Small Man, It Is The Duty Of The Media To Uphold Democracy By Exposing What Those In Authority May Prefer To Gloss Over Or Hide. But In This Age Of Instant Communication And Twenty-Four-Hour Television, The Focus Is On Breaking The Story As It Happens, With Little Attempt To Interpret And Analyse. In This Context, When Everything Appears Big And Yet Superficial, Has The Big Story Become Defunct Or Is It More Important Than Ever Before? Breaking The Big Story Showcases Great Moments Of Indian Journalism, When Journalists Chose To Lead Rather Than Follow The Mob, To Investigate And Forewarn, To Expose Corruption At The Highest Level, To Intervene As Ghastly Events Unfolded In A Bid To Pre-Empt Them, To Cover Ethnic Strife In Foreign Lands, To Tear Away The Blinkers From The Eyes Of A Gullible Nation That Sought Refuge In Its Sporting Icons, To Pose As Arms Dealers And Investigate Dubious Aspects Of Defence Purchases, To Cover Communal Clashes And Point To A New Direction. In Short, To Break A Big Story. This Volume Brings Together Nine Essays On Major Stories Or Exposés By Their Authors In The Indian Print Or Electronic Media. Raajkumar Keswani Writes About His Attempts To Warn People Of The Looming Dangers Posed By Union Carbide In Bhopal And The Death Three Years Later Of Thousands Of People Following The Gas Leak. Sampad Mahapatra Questions The 100-Year-Old Definition Of Death By Starvation And Discovers That People Will Eat Anything To Keep Death At Bay. Sanjoy Hazarika, Teesta Setalvad And Muzamil Jaleel Relive The Horrors Perpetuated In The Name Of Ethnicity And Identity In Assam, Gujarat And Kashmir. Anita Pratap Recollects Similar Problems Across The Waters In Sri Lanka. Chitra Subramaniam Retraces The Trail Of Kickbacks In The Bofors-India Howitzer Deal To High Offices In The Country. Tarun Tejpal Goes A Step Further To Show That Corruption Cuts Across Party Hues. And Pradeep Magazine Writes About His Meeting With A Bookie And How The Subsequent Exposure Of Cricket Match-Fixing Did Not Really Come As A Surprise. The Nine Essays In This Collection, Written Long After The Big Stories Were First Published, Evoke A Range Of Emotions: Compassion, Shame, Horror, Outrage, Disgust. They Raise Issues Of Media And Governmental Responsibility And Document How Democracy And The Fourth Estate Have Matured In India.

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The story opens in the stinking latrines of the Schubin camp as an American and a Canadian lead the digging of a tunnel which enabled a break involving 36 prisoners of war (POWs). The Germans then converted the camp to Oflag 64, to exclusively hold US Army officers, with more than 1500 Americans ultimately housed there. Plucky Americans attempted a variety of escapes until January, 1945, only to be thwarted every time. Then, with the Red Army advancing closer every day, camp commandant Colonel Fritz Schneider received orders from Berlin to march his prisoners west. Game on! Over the next few days, 250 US Army officers would succeed in escaping east to link up with the Russians - although they would prove almost as dangerous as the Nazis - only to be ordered once they arrived back in the United States not to talk about their adventures. Within months, General Patton would launch a bloody bid to rescue the remaining Schubin Americans. In The Big Break, this previously untold story follows POWs including General Eisenhower's personal aide, General Patton's son-in-law, and Ernest Hemingway's eldest son as they struggled to be free. Military historian and Paul Brickhill biographer Stephen Dando-Collins expertly chronicles this gripping story of Americans determined to be free, brave Poles risking their lives to help them, and dogmatic Nazis determined to stop them.

Passion, peril, and a scandal that will rock American politics. Scottie Darden’s life is a disaster. Her marriage has become toxic, and her career as a photojournalist has stalled out. She needs a standout story with a unique perspective in order to attract the attention of the main players in the news industry. What she finds is a scandal that could turn the upcoming presidential election upside down. But before she can release her damaging images to the media, Scottie must uncover the truth behind the photographs. She turns to handsome mystery man Guy Jordan for help. When they join the campaign trail in search of answers, their investigation quickly becomes deadly. Hop on board for a wild ride of adventure where desire ignites, lives are threatened, and secrets are revealed.

From its humble origins in the backstreets and rooftops of Paris's urban jungle, to the tops of London and New York's skyscrapers, Parkour, has become an adrenaline-fuelled implosion on the urban landscape. But more than a sport that most jaw-dropped onlookers can hardly comprehend, Parkour is an exploration of movement and a return to our body's natural ability to run, jump, hang and move with fluidity. For the first time, Julie Angel tells the story of Parkour's beginnings - the diverse, intriguing and unusual characters who went to the rooftops, hung off the stairwells and drain pipes as they trained through the night, often risking their lives and created something that has become a worldwide phenomenon. Breaking the Jumpÿtells the unknown story behind Parkour's rise, and asks what is it that drives those who stand on the edge and think `go'.

In September 1991, archaeologists began to turn up graves and bodies in lower Manhattan. Well-known maps had shown that this was the site of New York's first burial ground for slaves and free blacks. "Breaking Ground, Breaking Silence" uses the rediscovery of the burial grounds as a window on a fascinating side of colonial history and as an introduction to the careful science that is uncovering all of the secrets of the past.

Now a major motion picture, starring Carey Mulligan and Zoe Kazan "An instant classic of investigative journalism...‘All the President’s Men’ for the Me Too era." — Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, the untold story of their investigation of Harvey Weinstein and its consequences for the #MeToo movement For years, reporters had tried to get to the truth about Harvey Weinstein’s treatment of women. Rumors of wrongdoing had long circulated, and in 2017, when Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey began their investigation for the New York Times, his name was still synonymous with power. But during months of confidential interviews with actresses, former Weinstein employees, and other sources, many disturbing and long-buried allegations were unearthed, and a web of onerous secret payouts and nondisclosure agreements was revealed. When Kantor and Twohey were finally able to convince sources to go on the record, a dramatic final showdown between Weinstein and the New York Times was set in motion. In the tradition of great investigative journalism, She Said tells a thrilling story about the power of truth and reveals the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up—for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.