[Reader-list] The 'upper caste dominated' Media

[Kshmendra Kaul]

Dear Venugopalan
 
You have written that in 2004 the 'band of nationalists' who subscribe to a 'form of cultural nationalism' which is 'rooted in the ideology of Brahmanical Hindutwa' seemed to be dangerously close to a second tenure in office thanks to (amongst others factors) "the support of the upper caste dominated media."
 
I would like to understand:
 
- Which is this Media which is 'upper caste dominated' that commands such an influence?
 
- How does one reach the conclusion that it is 'upper caste dominated'?
 
Kshmendra
 
  

--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Venugopalan K M <kmvenuannur at gmail.com> wrote:

"In short, I would say that there indeed exists a concept of 'Muslim
voter' in India,  notwithstanding that individual voters might
challenge this blanket concept in a particular context and would
endorse the same in another context. In my view, there is nothing
reprehensible in acting in this manner, when we take into
considerations the imperatives of grave challenges to the very
existence of divergent faiths in India which is actually rooted in the
ideology of Brahmanical Hindutwa. This is the most deplorable form of
cultural nationalism, which likes to ground the very idea of
citizenship in it. Even the Indian constitution is anathema to this
band of nationalists,who fortunately did not enjoy the mandate of more
than a fifth of all Indian voters even in their best days! In the 2004
elections they seemed dangerously close to a second tenure of office
thanks to the oprtunist realpolitiking by the regional parties and to
the support of the upper caste dominated media."