The Press in a liberal democracy has to be a forum for the expression of different points of view. It must not suppress, taint or adulterate news, wrote Sachin Sen in 1960.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
A sobering article. As am aside, a piece of advice to the author: before getting carried away by Jon Krakauer and how he cashed a tragedy, read accounts of that tragedy that counter his story. Anatoli Boukreev’s “The Climb” is a good starting point.
“I will lift my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” – As with Joan Margaret Legge, all these climbers, who lost their lives, loved the mountains.
A sobering article. As am aside, a piece of advice to the author: before getting carried away by Jon Krakauer and how he cashed a tragedy, read accounts of that tragedy that counter his story. Anatoli Boukreev’s “The Climb” is a good starting point.
“I will lift my eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help.” – As with Joan Margaret Legge, all these climbers, who lost their lives, loved the mountains.