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इंडियन एक्सप्रेस ने पिछले कुछ वर्षों से देश के सबसे पावरफुल 100 लोगों की सूची छापनी शुरू की है। इस सूची को पढना रोचक है। देश के उच्च मध्यवर्ग के नज़रिए से बनी इस सूची के अनुसार सत्ता के गलियारों और बिजनेस हाउसों से जुड़े लोग देश के सबसे ताकतवर लोग होते हैं। सूची में पहला नाम सुप्रीम कोर्ट के मुख्य न्यायाधीश एसएच कपाडिया का है। उसके बाद सोनिया गांधी और फिर मनमोहन सिंह का नाम है। एक माने में यह सुप्रीम कोर्ट की ताकत है। पर पूरी सूची सूची में संसद की ताकत का प्रतिनिधि कोई नहीं है। 

मैने इस सिलसिलें में मीडिया ब्लॉग चुरुमुरी और सैन सेरिफ से मीडिया के संदर्भ में इस साल और पिछले दो साल की सूचियाँ लीं हैं। इस साल की खास बात है बरखा दत्त का नाम हटना और अर्णव गोस्वामी का कुछ ऊपर जाना। देश में मीडिया कितना महत्वपूर्ण है यह तीनों साल की सूची से पता लगता है। क्रमशः 10, 11 और 12 स्थान मीडिया को मिलते रहे हैं। पर मीडिया से जुड़े सारे नाम या तो मालिकों के हैं या उन पत्रकारों के जो ऊँचे सत्ताधारियों की संगत में रहते हैं। देश का कोई साहित्यकार, जन आंदोलनों से जुड़ा नेता या सत्ता से बाहर की राजनीति से जुड़ा व्यक्ति इस सूची में नहीं है। हिन्दी से जुड़े दो नाम जागरण समूह के मालिकों के परिवार से हैं। 

2011 के मीडिया महारथी

# No. 38, Kalanidhi Maran, chairman and managing director, Sun group: “While in Chennai, he travels in his fleet of super luxury cars. For longer journeys, he has a private jet.”
# No. 56, Samir and Vineet Jain, VC and MD, Times of India group: “The older brother is highly spiritual and his executives often have to make a trip to Haridwar to discuss important issues with him. The younger one’s Holi bashes are considered the best in town.”
# No. 73, N. Ram, editor-in-chief, The Hindu: “He is quite active on Twitter and is prompt with his replies to questions and comments.”
# No. 77: Shobhana Bhartia, editorial director, HT Media: “She is a fitness freak, works out every day.”
# No. 79, Aveek Sarkar, chief editor, Anand Bazaar Patrika: “He is a good golfer and is captain and convenor of the Royal Calcutta Golf Club.”
# No. 82, Sanjay Gupta and M.M. Gupta, CEO and CMD, Dainik Jagran: “Sanjay loves to dance, and MM loves playing cards.”
# No. 85, Uday Shankar, CEO, Star India: “He can’t be in a room which has no TV. He watches almost all the time.”
# No. 86, Arun Shourie, columnist and author: “Shourie’s most prized possessions are his vast collection of books. He is extremely possessive about his library.”
# No. 90, Arnab Goswami, editor-in-chief, Times Now: “He hates socialising and is rarely spotted at a social event.”
# No. 92, Raghav Bahl, editor, Network 18: “He is not too fond of socialising. Consequently, he ends up watching a lot of TV. At times, he watches about five or six channels simultaneously.”

2010 के 12 मीडिया महारथी

# No. 38: Arun Shourie, journalist turned politician: “He asks all visitors to his library to take off their shoes before they enter.” (new entry)
# No. 53: Sameer Jain and Vineet Jain, chairman and managing director, Bennett, Coleman & Co Ltd: “Sameer’s daughter and son-in-law are being groomed to take leadership positions.”
# No. 70: N.Ram, editor-in-chief, The Hindu: “He is very fond of western classical music.”
# No. 72: Kalanidhi Maran and Dayanidhi Maran, Sun network: “Daya never misses his evening walk; Kalanidhi owns a Lamborghini.”
# No. 73: Raghav Bahl, founder Network 18: “The TV veteran is terribly camera-shy.”
# No. 76: Shobhana Bhartia, Hindustan Times: “Owns one of the finest sari collections among women entrepreneurs.”
# No. 77: M.M. Gupta and Sanjay Gupta, Dainik Jagran: “Sanjay is a fitness freak, uncle sets agenda at work.”
# No. 79: Aveek Sarkar, editor-in-chief, Ananda Bazaar Patrika Group: “He is in the business of news but doesn’t like to speak to the media.”
# No. 82: Barkha Dutt, group editor, NDTV: “A blogger who slammed her 26/11 coverage had to say sorry.” (new entry)
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2009 के 11मीडिया-महारथी

# 50: Vineet Jain and Samir Jain, owners, The Times of India group: “Vineet likes going to discos, Samir often visits a spiritual retreat close to Haridwar.”
# 58: N. Ram, editor-in-chief, The Hindu: “He has an air-conditioned aviary at home. He is crazy about tennis and cricket.”
# 61: Prannoy Roy, co-founder, New Delhi Television (NDTV): “Accompanies his 85-year-old father to India’s cricket matches, this week in New Zealand.”
# 70: Raghav Bahl, managing director, Network 18: “The figure 18 in the company’s title is a lucky charm.”
#71: Prabhu Chawla, editor, India Today: “A sharp dresser, he has a tie fetish and possesses a wide range of designer ties.”
# 73: Shobhana Bhartia, vice-chairman, The Hindustan Times group: “Her friends swear by her. She is known to be the most loyal of friends.”
# 76: Mahendra Mohan Gupta, CMD, and Sanjay Gupta, CEO and editor, Dainik Jagran: “M.M. Gupta hangs out at a chaiwala‘s when in Kanpur. Sanjay likes the colour blue.”
# 77: Aveek Sarkar, editor-in-chief, Anand Bazaar Patrika group: “He is always impeccably turned out in a white starched dhoti at social dos.”
# 88: Ramesh Chandra Agarwal, chairman, Dainik Bhaskar group: “He loves eating chaat in Bhopal’s Chowk area. He is good at number crunching.”

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