Journalist Naxal Breeding Pond- Mumbai Press Club
Vinay Joshi
Why media portrays arrested Maoist terrorists as intellectuals-activists-human rights defenders and why they enjoy beating and insulting Hindu values?
Anuradha Ghandy, the wife of jailed Maoists leader Kobad Ghandy died about 10 years ago. The trust was formed in the name of "Anuradha Ghandy Memorial Committee" in Mumbai. It arranges Ghandy Memorial Lectures, in which black American feminists Angela Davis participated and had speech in 2016. In her speech he parroted prototype allegations that Dalits are crushed by Indian right wing government and much more!Last year just arrested Naxal leader Vara Vara Rao delivered lecture. He pleaded that Malaria is more lethal than Maoist insurgency in terms of fatalities. I recalled Congress defense of 1975 Emergency imposed by Indiara Gandhi, in which Congress leaders used to claim, "National discipline was best outcome of emergency period!" Replying to this logic, veteran lawyer, BJP leader Arun Jeitley fired back in the year 2000 India Today special issue commemorating 25 years of black period, " There is common perception in Europe, that famous scientist Albert Einstein had been born out of rape, should We legitimize rape?" Vara Vara Rao's circular logic is of same genre.
In 2017 Legal Rights Observatory had strongly objected to Ghandy Memorial lecture which was to be held at Mumbai Marathi Patrakar Sangh hall. After media storm regarding LRO demand for ban on lecture, Patrakar Sangh denied lending venue to lecture, as it had approved verbal permission instead of written one. Then New Indian Express journalist Gurbir Sing, relative of Kapil Sibbal moved in and tendered written request for venue, which was granted by Patrakar Sangh.
The event was poor show in which few speakers on dais, Mumbai Police Special Branch spies, few people in audience and lot of red color empty chairs graced the function.
Nationa media declared, "Ghandy Memorial lecture concluded peacefully despite threats from right wing groups!" What a joke! LRO had raised issue legally and never ever threatened to disrupt it physically. But media played with facts!
You would ask who is Gurbir Sing?
He is well established journalists in Mumbai. Have huge political clout. He raised millions of rupees per year for journalist welfare, where all rare and costly "Eatables" and "Drinkables" are made available to journalists at Mumbai Press Club! After having such a costly stuff there, our journalists used to churn out their thoughts and moorings on burning social issues like "Drought in Maharashtra", "Poverty eradication", "Modi's threat to Indian Constitution" and so on.
There are many guys on MMPS body who have never ever wrote single para on any issue, but they are occupying positions there only to use their Journo badge for safeguarding their shell companies involved in money laundering.
As a gratitude for their boss Gurbir Sing, Prasanna Joshi and Rajdeep Sardesai went to the extent of barking and hurling volleys at Captain Smita Gaekawad and Tushar Damgude during latest TV shows. That show of fraternity and compassion by Prasanna Joshi and Rajadeep was really fantastic and classic example of modern day slavery, both were screaming as of they are being arrested by Police for Naxal connections!
These so called journalists never tried to pull the strings of Kolse Patil who shouted "Shut up Dog" at Tushar Damgude in live TV show... When Kolse Patil hurled caste abuse at another!
They never condemned Rajdeep for inviting Shamnath Baghel murder accused (anti Naxal activist of Bastar- Chhatissgadh) Nandini Sundar in TV show as Naxal expert!
This is pathetic state of Fourth Estate of democracy!
They used to corner BJP-RSS by saying constitution, free speech and freedom of expression under threat; but behaves in diagonally opposite when they refuse to let speak people from BJP-RSS in their respective TV studios!
This is the reason why Bhau Torasekar, popular author and Marathi writer with thousands of followers on SM doesn't belong to mainstream media community! Bhau Torasekar never shook hands with these "Sold Out" media guys and firmly stood for his thoughts!
With this article, many in media would let their guns blazing against me, they would thrash and intimidate me in strongest and dirtiest terms available! But I just don't care! Even if they file litigation against me for this piece, I would exploit it to expose their disgusting manipulative journalistic practices and money laundering business.
The media has lost its position as harbinger of information due to advent of Social Media. So keep on pampering bloody Naxal-Maoists terrorist and expect few more lots of megabucks or whatever you would get as quid pro quo for lashing and whipping of nationalists!
Keep up your payback exercise to your masters by showcasing bloody terrorists as activists and intellectuals! Help doom your credibility to new lows!
I have great respect for those journalists which never buckled for few sips and for minor kickbacks. I would like to seek apologies for those who belongs to this profession but never compromised for any earthly returns!
But this was my duty to expose those who have dubious credentials though pretending to be the savior of fundamental rights and liberties!
Come on have few minutes of silence for Death of Profession of Journalism!
Condolences!
--- Vinay Joshi
