Four journalists of the Delhi newspaper Mid-Day have been ordered to be jailed for “contempt of court” following the publication of a cartoon and stories questioning the actions and motivations of former Supreme Court chief justice, Y.K. Sabharwal during the sealing exercise in the national capital. The editorial below appears in today’s edition of The…
Daily Archives: 24 September 2007
Believe it or not: The strange power of reality TV
Official India loves to call the seven northeastern States the Seven Sisters. In reality, it’s more like Seven Step-Sisters. Closer to Bangkok than Delhi as the crow flies, stricken by separatist violence, and waiting for the rest of the country to wake up because of a silly time zone which keeps them behind metaphorically and…