Wow journalists being allocated land by the discretion of the government, as a favour maybe. Such journalists are expected to write freely and frankly on it’s patron’s misdemeanors. J. Nehru created this mai-baap Sarkar to which the fourth estate was beholden. No wonder they still sing paens to him. Successive governments followed this policy by arranging to wine and dine and free foreign jaunts to favoured hacks. Very convenient set-up. Looks like the present government has discontinued this so no wonder it gets so much bad press.
Great Indian journalists started Licking congress immediately after Indian partition 1947 , that’s the reason journalists became rich with free land and money in return of services to congress party.
Wow journalists being allocated land by the discretion of the government, as a favour maybe. Such journalists are expected to write freely and frankly on it’s patron’s misdemeanors. J. Nehru created this mai-baap Sarkar to which the fourth estate was beholden. No wonder they still sing paens to him. Successive governments followed this policy by arranging to wine and dine and free foreign jaunts to favoured hacks. Very convenient set-up. Looks like the present government has discontinued this so no wonder it gets so much bad press.
Great Indian journalists started Licking congress immediately after Indian partition 1947 , that’s the reason journalists became rich with free land and money in return of services to congress party.