tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post6663494510884185175..comments2024-03-19T12:52:03.531+05:30Comments on The Leap Blog: Freedom of speech in Pakistan and IndiaAjay Shahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03835842741008200034noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-91526545784339721762012-06-01T15:25:46.576+05:302012-06-01T15:25:46.576+05:30Suhel Seth on what he thinks about the plans to ce...Suhel Seth on what he thinks about the plans to censor the Internet in India-the world's largest democracy<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MilbuHFP0qIAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19649274.post-20293712931377068802011-06-11T16:53:41.338+05:302011-06-11T16:53:41.338+05:30Completely agree. Dawn seems to have a better shar...Completely agree. Dawn seems to have a better share of upright oped writers/journalists than any of our major news papers. You have NF Paracha, Sana Saleem, Cyril Almeida, Kamran Shafi, Irfan Husain - writing alternative arguments to govt/establishment narrative. I am sure any of them could make millions by writing a single article a year favorable to establishment. I dont see such a collection of writers in any of our news organizations. There are MJ Akbers, Arundhari Roys, Tehelkas. But at times, their writings look to have jingoism, negative sarcasm, may be whiff of intellectual arrogance. I agree having such writers is better than not having any at all. What we need is more writers who can grease civil discourse, not those who generate more friction, increase disenchantment, add fuel to fire. The ease with which Journos can be bought (or to put it bluntly - the openness with which journos are trying to sell themselves) is disheartening. It is a very worrying phenomena. I have observed this from village level journalists to big city journalists. This is an infrastructure, albeit a negative one. Prevalence of this infrastructure is assisting establishment at every level (villages, towns, districts, states) in masking the truth, blunting objective look at serious issues. Policy thought leaders need to come up with long term ideas to tackle this. This cannot be tackled by a single solution or in a short term. But I hope some kind of sustained efforts take on sooner than later.RiseEarlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16586008253385040429noreply@blogger.com