The Kannada writer and thinker, Prof U.R. Anantha Murthy, on the Indian media’s role in whipping up “mass hysteria” through its breathless coverage of the recent terror attacks and the arrest of the suspects behind them: “When any arrest is made for suspected terrorism, you invariably hear a Muslim name. Then you are told that…
Daily Archives: 1 November 2008
The old man and the sea of news and views
M.K. VIDYARANYA captures a senior citizen catching up with the news on the beaches of the former French colony of Pondicherry.