[Reader-list] Farewell to our Humid Weimar

[prakash ray]

Dear Shivam,

What I meant to say that since you are a reporter, you could have collectted
more on that since as reporter you have certain avenues and previledges, and
through your contacts and fellow-reporters. No. I am not anything, just a
member on this list. I had joined DD in 2003, later same year UNI. also
worked with India TV for sometime when Tarun Tejpal, Editor-in-Chief, was
associated with the chhanel alongwith Ms Menaka Gandhi, a BJP MP. You are
right that a non-reporter can do research. I also left media to be a
researcher.

Prakash

On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज् <mail at shivamvij.com>
wrote:

> > Shivam could have researched on the matter since he is a reporter
> > himself.
>
> I wonder why a non-reporter can't do research. And if you know these
> things, are you a supra-editor or something????
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 8:52 PM, prakash ray <pkray11 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Dear all,
> >
> > It is not surprising to hear some of the 'liberated' ones (read Shuddha,
> > Shivam and Salim) mouthing anti-Left arguments over the current debate
> over
> > the nuclear deal. People like them, as far as I remember, have 'always'
> > attacked the Left without any gap or break. I do not want to blame them
> for
> > their political positions, but I would accuse them for their
> > shortsightedness for not seeing or observing any positive contribution or
> > position of the Left. Some of us consider ourselves 'liberated' since we
> > write, read and lecture, and we only do that. We forget that our 'false
> > sense of liberation' is a mere reflection of our handsome salaries and
> > convenient middle class location. And I do not consider that a sin.
> However,
> > I request them to reconsider their 'holier than all' approach.
> >
> > Coming to the issue of the Deal, I am wondering they do not articulate
> their
> > position except mouthing anti- everything nuclear sacredness. Their
> belief
> > of the Left and BJP coming together is speculative and based on a report
> > appeared in Times Now website. Let me ask them that they believe what the
> > TOI and its associates say on the Deal or the Nano car or economic
> policies
> > etc. Shivam could have researched on the matter since he is a reporter
> > himself. I would like to hear from Shuddha on the support extended by the
> > Left to the UPA for the last four years. Mr Advani getting interviewed in
> > the Hindu must be looked at a mere media exercise. Every
> > newspaper/magazine/channel including Tehlka publishes interviews of the
> > politicians of all colours including Mr Mahendra Karma of the Salwa Judum
> > infamy. The Hindu 'also' publishes Ms Arundhati Roy at regular
> intervention
> > and it was Mr N Ram who interviewed the former President K R Narayanan on
> > the eve of the Republic Day which was telecast on DD in place of the
> > customary prez speeches. And here on the Sarai reder list, the
> right-wingers
> > get more space. Should one read it as 'something' about the moderator or
> > Shuddha himself?
> >
> > I see the Deal as a profound sign of the Govt's closeness to the US
> > administration that is waging war against mankind everywhere and
> > continuously demonizing the opposing sections worldwide. I do not find
> any
> > fault if someone sees the Deal as anti-Muslim given the fact that the US
> and
> > Indian Govts are continuously targeting the community. I do not think the
> > readers need fact related to this. I do not find any fault if someone
> sees
> > the deal as an attack on the national sovereignty since I consider the
> > nation as a weapon against the growing imperialist attack on the poor and
> > less-powerful nations. I support the alliance of such nation against the
> > policies and politics of the US.
> >
> > Opposing the Deal is to oppose every evil of the Imperialism.
> >
> > Let me ask some simple questions:
> >
> > Was the Left wrong when they supported the UPA led by the Congress?
> > Should the Left continue the support so that Dr Singh could go ahead with
> > the Deal?
> > Should the Deal be supported since the BJP might get benefit in elections
> if
> > the Govt falls?
> > Since BJP has members in the Loksabha, should the Left oppose or support
> > everything only on the basis of the position taken by the BJP?
> > Are the policies of Mr Bush not guided by the ideology of the 'clash of
> > civilizations'?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Prakash
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