The journo murders of the north-east
It’s amazing that a once- ‘disturbed’ region that lost over 30 editors/reporters /correspondents to assailants in three decades continues to maintain a no-journo murder index for nearly eight years now.
It’s amazing that a once- ‘disturbed’ region that lost over 30 editors/reporters /correspondents to assailants in three decades continues to maintain a no-journo murder index for nearly eight years now.
A bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Sudhanshu Dhulia was hearing a petition by the Foundation for Media Professionals.
Antiquarians, politicians, media professionals and even godmen have joined in to present their own version of historical events, especially regarding the golden ancient India and the volatile Muslim rule, to suit their present aspirations. This is possibly an indicator of the post- truth age where a heady mixture of fantasy, entrenched beliefs and convenient portions of historical facts in the mind become more important than the facts themselves. What happened is overshadowed by what we wish to have happened
While media is a business and has bills to pay like all businesses, it is not just any business. Unless content curators drive the company, the knowledge – as opposed to merely information – space which is up for grabs across the Indian media landscape cannot be occupied.
