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This book uses a longitudinal case study approach to analyze key digital media startups in the Indian journalism industry today.

"The digital journalism in India, witnessed experienced journalists from traditional media turning into trailblazers and game changers. Giving a new identity to news dissemination, they have put together the technological advancements and are competing the media majors in India. In this book, the author has tried to bring together various aspects of each of these popular digital organizations, firms, portals, websites, groups or teams working hard to make a name in this new market of news and media. Some of the digital journalism trailblazers in India that the author has covered in detail in this book are ThePrint, ScoopWhoop, Inshorts, IndiaSpend, Boomlive, Alt News, Inshorts, Youth ki Awaz (YKA), Democracy News Live, Beyond headlines, Better India, The Quint, PARI, The Wire, Exchange4Media, Newslaundry, Scroll, The Logical Indian etc. Many others like editorji, Khabar Lahariya and CG Netswara have been discussed briefly in a separate chapter. All these journalism start ups have different approaches to digital journalism in India. One chapter each is dedicated to the case study of such groups where the author is trying to explore their origin, founders and the major attributes that make them stand apart strategic intent, vision, mission, goals, objectives, organisational structure, content strategies and management, editorial policies, target audience and distribution strategies, collaborations, market, business models, mergers, work culture, environment, revenue, Social Media presence, Competitive edge, Challenges and achievements, and business models and the future of Entrepreneurial Journalism in India. Some are for-profit (like The Quint and Scroll), some are non- profit content based start ups (Like PARI and Khabar Lahariya) and others are aggregation based with a greater emphasis on technology (Like Inshorts). At present, these start ups do not stand in comparision with the muscle of the leading legacy news media like the Times of India or HT Media group, but they have grown big in terms of audience"--

Indian Media Giants is an analytical chronicle of six Indian mega media conglomerates' individual odyssey from their beginnings in the pre-independence era to their transformation into powerful business empires in the digitised modern India. The book traces media metamorphoses, contours of growth and development, travails and trajectories, organizational structures, editorial policies and business dynamics of print majors in India, namely, The Times Group, The Hindu Group, The Hindustan Times Limited, The Indian Express Group, Dainik Jagran Limited and DB Corp Limited.

Indian Media Giants is an analytical chronicle of six Indian mega media conglomerates' individual odyssey from their beginnings in the pre-independence era to their transformation into powerful business empires in the digitised modern India. The book traces media metamorphoses, contours of growth and development, travails and trajectories, organizational structures, editorial policies and business dynamics of print majors in India, namely, The Times Group, The Hindu Group, The Hindustan Times Limited, The Indian Express Group, Dainik Jagran Limited and DB Corp Limited.

Leila Bose, an insatiable but strong-willed female, has not been able to find her bag of happiness. Not being devoid of anything in particular, her hunt for contentment guides the journey of her life. Travelling on the rocky roads, she learns how to handle her failed relationships and that being neurodiverse can sometimes be a boon. She cries she laughs, she refutes, she kills and she saves. She travels the world, inspires people and achieves what was impossible. Was all this an illusion knitted by overactive neurons of her brain that fail to rest ever? Is it necessary to take revenge to find peace? Does that really mean she learns the art of contentment? "For if it does not wilt, it's not a rose at all."