The elevator implosion of Tarun J. Tejpal and the plight of Tehelka as a result have been discussed ad nauseam after the first emails were leaked on 20 November. But the commentary, outrage and sympathy have come from the usual set of bold-face colleagues, rivals, friends, socialites, feminists and lawyers, among others. But how is…
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Tarun Tejpal, Manish Tewari and relief at PBC
From Off the Record, the Monday gossip column in Deccan Herald: “Tehelka editor Tarun Tejpal‘s fall from grace has brought a sense of “divine justice” in Prasar Bharati, where the invisible presence of Tejpal—thanks to his closeness to the information and broadcasting minister Manish Tewari—was one of the contributing factors behind a long-standing “difference of…
‘Media is now part of a conspiracy of silence’
The latest sting operation by India’s Tehelka magazine that captured “mass murderers on national television saying how they killed, who they killed and who helped them kill” has resulted in a deafening silence all around. For starters, there has not been an inkling of action from the executive or the judiciary. Then the political parties…
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