my letter to the editor Deccan Herald

This was my letter to the editor Deccan Herald on 4May which was published subsequently on 5May 2012 morning in Bangalore  edition .

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Sir,

This is regarding the injunction by the veteran writer and columnist Kuldip Nayer- "Don't stifle the media" which appeared in Deccan Herald today.

I have great respect for Kuldip Nayar as the champion of freedom of Press but I was surprised to find him joining issue over the matter with the Supreme Court .What is the harm if the Hon'ble Supreme Court, in genuine interest, thought it fit to endeavor for the first time to lay down guidelines for the Press and media ? If the Founding fathers of the Indian Constitution could lay down guidelines for all successive Governments in the Indian democracy to pursue and follow the Directive Principles of State Policy in its governance then why should not the Supreme Court or the Indian Parliament can frame certain cardinal principles which should be practiced and followed by the Press ?. Many times we find that the television media and media as a whole have exceeded its limits of freedom of Press in highlighting a story completely based on their conjecture to sensationalize an issue in which a particular group of politicians, corporate group or a particular person is interested .In India media is owned by corporate groups and persons and they have their own policies and agendas and political leanings . It is therefore necessary that the Press should be open to healthy and constructive criticism in exercise of its right of freedom of expression or freedom of Press .

After all it is the Press in the last resort where ordinary citizen prefers to seek justice against the excesses of executive or poor performance by the legislature or miscarriage of justice by judiciary, but if the citizen finds that his "last resort" has also become corrupt with prejudices then the future of democracy is certainly in danger and freedom expression is in peril.

Regards,

GP Bahuguna

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

Still I Rise by Maya Angelou

You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies,
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I'll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?
Why are you beset with gloom?
'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells
Pumping in my living room.

Just like moons and like suns,
With the certainty of tides,
Just like hopes springing high,
Still I'll rise.

Did you want to see me broken?
Bowed head and lowered eyes?
Shoulders falling down like teardrops.
Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?
Don't you take it awful hard
'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines
Diggin' in my own back yard.

You may shoot me with your words,
You may cut me with your eyes,
You may kill me with your hatefulness,
But still, like air, I'll rise.

Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?

Out of the huts of history's shame
I rise
Up from a past that's rooted in pain
I rise
I'm a black ocean, leaping and wide,
Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.
Leaving behind nights of terror and fear
I rise
Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear
I rise
Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave,
I am the dream and the hope of the slave.
I rise
I rise
I rise.
Maya Angelou & eSa fQj Hkh mB [kM+h gw¡

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