Hindustan Times
The shoe throwing incident at a press conference addressed by the union Home Minister P. Chidambaram has both shocked and pained me as a journalist. Jarnail Singh, the Jagran correspondent may have had his reasons for hurling the shoe but to me it amounted to a totally unprofessional conduct. Similar incidents may have taken place elsewhere in the past but this act has no justification in a country where there are so many other and more dignified ways of voicing one’s anger. Read more
(4 votes, average: 3.75 out of 5)
Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:03 pm
Filed under Activism · Tagged 1984 anti sikh riots, Akali Dal, Chidambaram, Congress tickets to Jagdish Tytler and Sajjan kumar, Dainik Jagran, Gujrat riots, Jarnail Singh, journalist, Journalist activism, NDA government, Nehru-Gandhi family, Sikh community, Sikh votes, union Home Minister
The Hindustan Times has produced many top journalists and a lot of top journalists have been associated with the capital’s number one newspaper. But there has been no one like Chand Joshi whose name had become synonymous with this newspaper. He had more talent in him than many of his contemporaries. His wit, repartee and writing style were his assets though heavy drinking and trade union activities perhaps prevented him from achieving his full potential. Read more
(5 votes, average: 4.2 out of 5) Loading ...Posted by Pankaj Vohra on Saturday, February 14, 2009 at 7:41 pm
Filed under New Delhi · Tagged Chand, Chand Joshi, Hindustan Times, HT's mascot of the seventies, journalist
