Thursday, October 11, 2018

Re: [IAC#RG] IS JOURNALISM FACING CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY IN INDIA

Unfortunately you are not well informed. Please read the various cases of brutal sexual harassment and exploitation that so many journalists, film writers, actors and others have faced at the hands of their bosses or colleagues and they have kept quiet for decades but with the #Metoo movement they are finding the courage to speak up. You want to negate all of their courage with just this accusation that they are lying. Shame on you.

Sonal

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 10:02 PM Venkatraman Ns <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net> wrote:
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India Against Corruption


                                            IS JOURNALISM FACING CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY  IN  INDIA

 

A  journalist  in Tamil Nadu in India who is the editor of a Tamil journal has written a few articles  damaging the reputation of Tamil Nadu Governor , associating him with a discredited  lady college professor who is now in jail.

When the Governor's office sent a complaint to the police about the article which discredited the Governor,  the police arrested the editor   and then he was released by the court. Obviously, Governor felt  unhappy , as the article contained false information

Now, the question is  whether the journalist has the right and freedom to write anything about anybody and damaging the reputation. While in the case of Tamil Nadu Governor, the journalist says that he has investigated , no one knows as to what is the investigation that was done , when and how it was conducted and where is the investigation report.

The journalist association have criticized the police and applauded the judge, who released the editor from the case.

If this would be the condition, nobody could be safe and journalists may harass the individuals  and even blackmail them. This is already happening.

In an office, if a boss would question the lady official on any matter and if the lady would be offended, she can make some false charges against the boss  and if she has the backing of the media, then the reputation and the life of the boss  would be  tarnished.

What is particularly shocking in the  above case  is that when the judge was hearing the case regarding the arrest of the journalist, the judge spotted  the  owner of  an  English newspaper who was in the crowd as an observer and asked him for his views. Have we ever heard of a judge seeking the views  of a member in the crowd of observers  while hearing a case?

In the last few days in India, TV media is having a "great time " as a few women are accusing some men for having abused them several years back and  the episode is titled  "  Me too ". There is no conclusive proof that men have misbehaved and the women have been abused and the men have denied the accusation.  Media is pre judging the issue and is conducting media trial, with no accountability for the media and the journalists. The reputation of the men involved are getting irreparably damaged.

The question is whether journalists have unlimited right and privilege to say or write  whatever they want  and are they  accountable to none. The journalism in India seem  to be going astray

It appears the distinction between politicians and journalists are disappearing fast in India , with the journalists in most  cases being suspected of having   direct or indirect  political leanings  or excessively carrying out the instructions of the boss  while preparing the scripts. We all know that several newspapers, journals and TV media in India are owned by politicians   and business men.

Today, journalism in India is facing a crisis of  credibility.


N.S.Venkataraman

Nandini Voice For The Deprived

nandinivoice.com


 

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Wednesday, October 10, 2018

[IAC#RG] IS JOURNALISM FACING CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY IN INDIA


To

India Against Corruption


                                            IS JOURNALISM FACING CRISIS OF CREDIBILITY  IN  INDIA

 

A  journalist  in Tamil Nadu in India who is the editor of a Tamil journal has written a few articles  damaging the reputation of Tamil Nadu Governor , associating him with a discredited  lady college professor who is now in jail.

When the Governor's office sent a complaint to the police about the article which discredited the Governor,  the police arrested the editor   and then he was released by the court. Obviously, Governor felt  unhappy , as the article contained false information

Now, the question is  whether the journalist has the right and freedom to write anything about anybody and damaging the reputation. While in the case of Tamil Nadu Governor, the journalist says that he has investigated , no one knows as to what is the investigation that was done , when and how it was conducted and where is the investigation report.

The journalist association have criticized the police and applauded the judge, who released the editor from the case.

If this would be the condition, nobody could be safe and journalists may harass the individuals  and even blackmail them. This is already happening.

In an office, if a boss would question the lady official on any matter and if the lady would be offended, she can make some false charges against the boss  and if she has the backing of the media, then the reputation and the life of the boss  would be  tarnished.

What is particularly shocking in the  above case  is that when the judge was hearing the case regarding the arrest of the journalist, the judge spotted  the  owner of  an  English newspaper who was in the crowd as an observer and asked him for his views. Have we ever heard of a judge seeking the views  of a member in the crowd of observers  while hearing a case?

In the last few days in India, TV media is having a "great time " as a few women are accusing some men for having abused them several years back and  the episode is titled  "  Me too ". There is no conclusive proof that men have misbehaved and the women have been abused and the men have denied the accusation.  Media is pre judging the issue and is conducting media trial, with no accountability for the media and the journalists. The reputation of the men involved are getting irreparably damaged.

The question is whether journalists have unlimited right and privilege to say or write  whatever they want  and are they  accountable to none. The journalism in India seem  to be going astray

It appears the distinction between politicians and journalists are disappearing fast in India , with the journalists in most  cases being suspected of having   direct or indirect  political leanings  or excessively carrying out the instructions of the boss  while preparing the scripts. We all know that several newspapers, journals and TV media in India are owned by politicians   and business men.

Today, journalism in India is facing a crisis of  credibility.


N.S.Venkataraman

Nandini Voice For The Deprived

nandinivoice.com


 

[IAC#RG] Kisan Swaraj Sammelan (2-4th Nov in Ahmedabad, India) - Last day for registration 10th Oct (today), Draft schedule attached


Final Reminder - Inviting all those working or interested in working on agriculture/farmer issues to join for 4th (pan-India) ASHA (Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture) Kisan Swaraj Sammelan between 2-4th November in Ahmedabad. Draft schedule for event attached here,

subject to revisions. Finalised schedule to be shared shortly.

Today is the last day for registration, can be done at link below -

https://letzchange.org/campaigns/kisan-swaraj-sammelan-2018-asha



आशा के (देश व्यापी) चौथे किसान स्वराज सम्मेलन अहमदाबाद में 2-4 नवंबर के बीच में शामिल होने के लिए कृषि / किसान मुद्दों पर काम करने वाले / रुचि रखने वाले सभी को आमंत्रित करते हैं । पंजीकरण का आज आखिरी दिन है, दिए गए लिंक पर किया जा सकता है । यहां संलग्न ड्राफ्ट शेड्यूल,संशोधन के अधीन। अंतिम शेड्यूल जल्द ही साझा किया जाएगा।


On Wed, 29 Aug 2018 at 12:59, Rohit Parakh <rohit.2691@gmail.com> wrote:

खाद्य संप्रभुता और किसान सशक्तिकरण

किसान स्वराज सम्मेलन 2018

किसानों और कृषक समुदाय के शुभचिंतकों का संगम

2 से 4 नवंबर 2018 :: अहमदाबाद

आयोजक:-

'आशा'- किसान स्वराज गठबंधन एवं गुजरात विद्यापीठ

मेज़बान: जतन

गांधी के 150 वर्ष और गुजरात विद्यापीठ के 100 साल के अवसर प

पंजीकरण के लिए आमंत्रण!



भागेदारी के लिए पंजीकरण फार्म : http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Hindi-ASHA-KSS-2018-Participant-Registration-Form-Instructions-aug29-2018.pdf 

प्रदर्शनी के लिए पंजीकरण फार्म : http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Hindi-ASHA-KSS-2018-exhibition-Registration-Form-Instructions-aug29th-2018.pdf

आप से अनुरोध है कि संलग्न फार्म भर कर सम्मेलन के लिए तुरंत पंजीकरण कराएं। सम्मेलन में भाग लेने के लिए पंजीकरण अनिवार्य है। 

पंजीकरण के लिए आधार : पहले आओ, पहले पंजीकृत




KISAN SWARAJ SAMMELAN 2018: ANNOUNCEMENT & INVITATION TO REGISTER

REGISTRATION IS OPEN NOW.

(JUST 30 DAYS LEFT TO REGISTER, TRAIN TICKETS ARE RUNNIG OUT)

Dear ASHA associates and friends,

Kisan Swaraj Sammelan 2018 will be organised by ASHA and Gujarat Vidyapith, hosted by Jatan, between November 2nd and 4th 2018 (Fri-Sun) in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. PLEASE SPREAD THIS ANNOUNCEMENT IN YOUR CIRCLE IMMEDIATELY.

http://www.kisanswaraj.in/2018/08/25/registration-now-open-for-kisan-swaraj-sammelan-2018-nov-2-4-2018-ahmedabad-please-read-fully-carefully-before-applying/ is the link where you can find the Announcement about the Kisan Swaraj Sammelan. We encourage you to read all instructions carefully. Hindi and Gujarati version will be shared soon.

You can register as a participant/register groups of participants using the form here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Final_KSS_2018_-Participant-Registration-FORM-instructions_Eng.pdf 

You can register for an exhibition stall, using the form here: http://www.kisanswaraj.in/wp-content/uploads/Final_KSS-2018-Exhibition-Registration-Form-and-instructions-Eng.pdf 

While online registration is being explored and will have to wait for a subsequent announcement, which may happen by around 10th Sept., 2018. If you really need to take up registration through online means, please do write to us separately at asha.kisanswaraj@yahoo.inWe suggest you not to wait for on line registration as the seats will be occupied on first come, first registered basis.

LAST DATE FOR REGISTRATION IS SEPTEMBER 25TH 2018. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO BOOK YOUR TRAIN TICKETS IMMEDIATELY AND AWAIT REGISTRATION CONFIRMATION, SINCE RETURN TICKETS TO VARIOUS DESTINATIONS ARE ALREADY GETTING WAITLISTED DUE TO DIWALI SEASON RUSH.

-KAPIL SHAH

Jatan: A Mission for Organic Farming,
Vinoba Ashram, Gotri, Vadodara: 390 021
Gujrat, India
Phone: +91(0)265-2371429
Fax: +91(0)265-2371880
Email: jatantrust@gmail.com

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From: Rohit Parakh <rohit.2691@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2018 at 10:43
Subject: Heads Up - Kisan Swaraj Sammelan 2018 fixed for 2-4th November, in Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad/ किसान स्वराज सम्मेलन 2018 गुजरात विद्यापिठ, अहमदाबाद में 2-4 नवंबर के लिए तय किया गया
To:, <indiaresists@lists.riseup.net>

Dear friends and co-travellers,

 

As you might be aware, ASHA (Alliance for Sustainable & Holistic Agriculture) www.kisanswaraj.in holds a Kisan Swaraj Sammelan once every two years. This is a Convention that brings members of the large family of ASHA-Kisan Swaraj network together, along with other allies invited too, to update ourselves on various issues, spend time together to share and learn, and to rejuvenate ourselves as an informal alliance. 

 

After the Kisan Swaraj Yatra was completed in December 2010, we all met in Nagpur in 2011, to create some structures for our functioning in ASHA, to make collective plans and implement them. Subsequently, we had Kisan Swaraj Sammelans in Bhopal in 2013 and in Hyderabad in 2016 (in between, we did meet and spend time together when ASHA joined hands with OFAI for a convention in 2015). 

 

This mail is to announce that the Kisan Swaraj Sammelan 2018 will be organised by ASHA and Gujarat Vidyapith on November 2, 3 and 4 2018 (Friday, Saturday & Sunday), in AhmedabadIncidentally, this is from where ASHA began its journey on Gandhi Jayanti eight years ago.   

 

This is an advance alert, requesting you to block these dates on your calendar to join us. Please await a formal announcement of the Sammelan's registration process and kindly note that while we request you to go ahead and book your tickets for your journey (Diwali this year is a few days after these dates), final confirmation of participation will be based on registration processes that we will initiate and adopt soon. Thank you.



- ASHA Steering Group


 

PS - For those of you who might not be aware of ASHA's policy articulation they are listed below (more details in link here too) http://www.kisanswaraj.in/2011/12/13/kisan-swaraj-neeti/
 
(1) 
Income
 security
 for
 all 
farm 
households,
 so
 that
 producers 
find 
viability 
and 
dignity 
in
 their
 profession, 
and 
are 
not 
forced
 to 
leave
 agriculture 
out 
of 
distress,
 
(2)
 Ecologically 
sustainable
 farming
 systems,
 to 
preserve 
productive 
natural
 resources 
so
 that
 livelihoods
 can 
be 
sustained,
 
(3)
 People's 
control 
over 
resources 
such 
as 
land, 
water,
 forests, 
seed
 and 
knowledge
 as
 a
 key
 to
 viable
 and 
sustainable 
livelihoods,
 
(4)
 Non‐toxic, 
diverse,
 nutritious 
and 
adequate 
food 
for 
all 
Indians.

प्रिय दोस्तों और सह यात्रियों,

 

जैसा कि आप जानते होंगे, आशा (सतत और समग्र कृषि के लिए गठबंधन) हर दो साल में एक किसान स्वराज सम्मेलन रखती है। यह एक सम्मेलन है जो आशा-किसान स्वराज नेटवर्क के बड़े परिवार के सदस्यों को एक साथ आमंत्रित करता है, अन्य सहयोगियों के साथ भी, विभिन्न मुद्दों पर जानकारी रखने, साझा करने और सीखने के लिए समय बिताने के लिए, और अनौपचारिक गठबंधन के रूप में खुद को फिर से जीवंत करने के लिए आमंत्रित किया जाता है।
 

दिसंबर 2010 में किसान स्वराज यात्रा पूरी होने के बाद, हम सामूहिक योजना बनाने और उन्हें लागू करने के लिए आशा में हमारे कामकाज के लिए कुछ संरचनाएं बनाने के लिए 2011 में नागपुर में मिले थे। इसके बाद, 2013 में भोपाल में और 200 9 में हैदराबाद में किसान स्वराज सम्मेलन थे (बीच में, जब हम आशा 2015 में एक सम्मेलन के लिए ओएफएआई के साथ हाथ मिलाये थे)।

 

यह मेल यह घोषणा करना है कि किसान स्वराज सम्मेलन 2018 अहमदाबाद में 2 नवंबर, 3 और 4 2018 (शुक्रवार, शनिवार और रविवार) को आशा और गुजरात विद्यापिथ द्वारा आयोजित किया जाएगा। संयोग से, यह वह जगह है जहां आशा ने आठ साल पहले गांधी जयंती पर अपनी यात्रा शुरू की थी।

 

यह एक अग्रिम खबर है, जो आपसे जुड़ने के लिए अपने कैलेंडर पर अवरुद्ध करने का अनुरोध करता है। कृपया सम्मेलन की पंजीकरण प्रक्रिया की औपचारिक घोषणा का इंतजार करें और कृपया ध्यान दें कि जब हम आपको आगे बढ़ने और अपनी यात्रा के लिए टिकट बुक करने का अनुरोध करते हैं (इस वर्ष दीवाली इन तिथियों के कुछ दिन बाद है), भागीदारी की अंतिम पुष्टि पंजीकरण पर आधारित होगी प्रक्रियाएं जिन्हें हम जल्द ही शुरू करेंगे और अपनाएंगे। धन्यवाद।                 आशा स्टीयरिंग समूह

 

 आप में से उन लोगों के लिए जो आशा की नीतिगत अभिव्यक्ति के बारे में नहीं जानते हैं, वे नीचे सूचीबद्ध हैं (यहां लिंक में अधिक जानकारी भी) http://www.kisanswaraj.in/2011/12/13/kisan-swaraj-neeti/                                  

. सभी किसान परिवारों की आय सुरक्षा ताकि उत्पादक अपने पेशे को व्यवहारिक और सम्मानजनक पायें और परेशान होकर खेती छोड़ने को मजबूर हों ,                            

. उत्पादक प्राकृतिक संसाधनों को सुरक्षित रखने के लिए पर्यावरणीय टिकाऊ खेती पद्धति ताकि जीवनयापन सतत बना रहे ,              

. जमीन ,बीज ,जंगल ,पानी और खेत जैसे संसाधनों पर लोगों का नियंत्रण जो कि व्यावहारिक और टिकाऊ जीवनयापन का सूत्र है,                                                        

. सभी भारतीयों के लिए गैर रासायनिक या बिना जेहेर वाला विविधतापूर्ण , पोषक और पर्याप्त खाद्य

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