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The Story of Jarnail Singh is a Reminder of an India that We ve Lost
It was in 2009 that a reporter felt free enough to not just question a top minister but fling a shoe in anger. No minister should be subjected to that. Ever. But how about making reporters free enough to throw questions?
Representative image of a demonstration against attack on the freedom of press. Photo: Reuters
Media8 hours ago
During a press conference in 2009, Sikh journalist Jarnail Singh threw a shoe at then home minister P. Chidambaram who was seen to be defending the Central Bureau of Investigation’s exoneration of Jagdish Tytler, indicted by fact-finding commissions as a key facilitator of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence. Singh was arrested but then let off. Subsequently, he fought and won an election and became an MLA. However, his day in the sun still remained that one act of defiance.
Jug Suraiya s Column That Was Dropped From Times of India s Print Edition
A conversation between the Supreme Leader and his Supreme Sidekick.
Illustration: Pariplab Chakraborty
Politics10 hours ago
The Supreme Leader and his Supreme Sidekick in a huddle trying to figure out what to do to counter the increasingly bad press theyâre getting amid the rising tide of Covid cases in the country.
Supreme Leader: More and more people are blaming me for having single-handedly â or, rather, single-mindedly â turned our country from the universal saviour in the pandemic by being the biggest vaccine produce on Earth and having the fewest cases of the virus to now being a basket case needing help from everyone, including our arch adversaries, China and Pakistan. Itâs not fair! Itâs not my fault all this has happened. Itâs the fault of the system.