Backstory 2019

January 09, 2020

2019 Backstory: Reaping the dividends of a year-long hard work

In the last edition of our Backstory series, Ramesh Chandran KP talks about Onmanorama's successful coverage of the election and the year-long hard work by an enthusiastic team.

January 09, 2020
2019 Backstory: A powerful question that hit me like bullet

The women touched upon many livelihood and political issues, including Cyclone Ockhi, coastal erosion, trawling ban, future of their children and Sabarimala.
January 09, 2020
2019 Backstory | How I got off the blocks to finish half-marathon

It was a very impulsive decision. To register for a marathon. I think it was born out of a desire to just shake things up, to get myself out of the zombie, auto-pilot zone state that had become so comfortable of late.
January 09, 2020
2019 Backstory: When I realised Facebook's aversion to answer media queries

Backstory is Onmanorama's special year-ender series. Here, our reporters recall their memorable experiences in 2019. The series will continue till December 31.
January 09, 2020
2019 Backstory: I watched a 1983 movie to catch a glimpse of Mammootty's female look

In this edition of Backstory 2019, Onmanorama's entertainment editor Litty Simon explains why she sat through 2-hours of a 1983 movie while doing a story on Mammootty's latest hit Mamangam.
January 09, 2020
2019 Backstory | When flood victims found my unique photo shoot idea redundant

A year after the 2018 floods we visited Sooraj, the boy in the iconic photograph that shows a daring NDRF personnel dashing across the Cheruthoni bridge with a child held close to his chest as a rampaging Cheruthoni river.
January 09, 2020
2019 Backstory: A goofed-up opportunity, but a learning experience

How an interaction with a psychologist-cum-celebrity taught a reporter that every goofed-up opportunity is a huge learning opportunity.

Backstory 2019

2019 Backstory: Reaping the dividends of a year-long hard work

2019 Backstory: A powerful question that hit me like bullet

2019 Backstory | How I got off the blocks to finish half-marathon

2019 Backstory: When I realised Facebook's aversion to answer media queries

2019 Backstory: I watched a 1983 movie to catch a glimpse of Mammootty's female look

2019 Backstory | When flood victims found my unique photo shoot idea redundant

2019 Backstory: A goofed-up opportunity, but a learning experience

2019 Backstory | We abandoned a video shoot just to escape floods and landslides

2019 Backstory | Miseries of Munnar college students still trouble me

2019 Backstory: How I became a mystery-buster at landslide-hit Kavalappara