As India’s stock has risen — whether it is the economy, IT industry, NRI population, or India’s role as a key diplomatic counterpoint to China — the global media’s interest here has increased.
Initial talks held on the possibility of India entering the programme that was started in 2017 between France, Germany and Spain to ensure European sovereignty in defence and security.
The only thing that the global (read West) media shares with the English media is complete cluelessness about India. Most of them take their cues from English media journalism in India, which itself is clueless., the blind leading the blind. This article is nothing more then a poor attempt to promote the same bunch of Indian English ‘journalists’ who are no longer taken seriously .
I follow the columnist’s concluding advice. The finest journalists, publications get an occasional story wrong. Which can be acknowledged, redressed. However, to allege some global conspiracy to put India down, using their media, is absurd.
The only thing that the global (read West) media shares with the English media is complete cluelessness about India. Most of them take their cues from English media journalism in India, which itself is clueless., the blind leading the blind. This article is nothing more then a poor attempt to promote the same bunch of Indian English ‘journalists’ who are no longer taken seriously .
I follow the columnist’s concluding advice. The finest journalists, publications get an occasional story wrong. Which can be acknowledged, redressed. However, to allege some global conspiracy to put India down, using their media, is absurd.