From BBC, NYT to Guardian and The Post, foreign media has criticised Modi govt’s Kashmir move through reports & editorials, much of which was refuted by India.
After the abrogation of Article 370 and clampdown on Kashmir, several international media houses such as BBC, The Washington Post, Reuters and The New York Times reported on the tense atmosphere in J&K, protests by Kashmiris and detentions.
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Greetings! I know this is kinda off topic but I was wondering which blog platform are you using for this site? I’m getting tired of WordPress because I’ve had issues with hackers and I’m looking at alternatives for another platform. I would be fantastic if you could point me in the direction of a good platform.
The fact is we are all real hypocrites in the world. If the same foeign media had hailed the government’s move on J&K, the ruling party would have gone gaga. The main stream Indian media for reasons best known to them are crawling and bending, we cannot expect them to fall in line. Let them do their job. Why not government to revive Radio Jutithan and launch a counter propaganda.
I live in Germany and after the decision I observed, many Pakistani Nationals here observing protests, I have no comments on that. Indians stood by Indian governments decision in heart and mind. In the city I study, Hannover, there’s a protest by Pakistani students, they tried attention by social media too, but i think it want very successful. I didn’t see any protest, but see a few photos in those students social media which had around 10-15 students.
The most surprising thing was, the next day there’s press coverage of the event with headlines line “Asians protest against Kashmir decision”. There was no other Nationals; Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, none at all; and i have classmates from other countries. This just days how can the press just manipulate a simple data to change the interpretation.
What was the press’s interests in covering as you say?
To fill up space. Nobody in the West gives a damn about South Asian affairs, which are just a footnote when reported. Too many things happening for anybody to care about India-Pakistan affairs. Indians should remove this chip off their shoulders that anybody cares. Like the careless headline Indians are Asians. Don’t read too much into it. India and Pakistan are just 2 poverty struck nations which really have nothing much to offer.
Since some Print readers accuse me of being a Pakistani in disguise, will start my submission with a chant of BMKJ. 2. This is how the world sees developments of the last one month. Many / most of the media entities named in this column are the gold standard of journalism. They have worked hard to build up their credibility, are quick to acknowledge and apologise for an occasional lapse. It passes belief that any reasonable person could believe the entire global media has suddenly begun to hate India, to the extent of fabricating reports that show it in a poor light. 3. Indian diplomats should be at work now trying to rebuild what had been damaged. They face weather beaten media professionals. Not cheerleaders and fan girls. When people evaluate India as an investment destination, this composite collage of our global image matters a great deal.
Gold standard truly. They found WMD in Iraq, on the establishment’s instructions. No wonder readership/ consumption of all these ‘gold standard’ media outlets is rapidly decreasing. Most of them couldn’t read the mood in their own countries ( read Trump and Brexit). So expecting any credibility from them is a stretch. Neither Indians nor Pakistanis should take their reportage seriously as South Asian news is only a foot note, to fill up space.
ashok is very fond of writing. He thinks his words are like calligraphy.
// For the foreign press, Kashmir is both a conflict zone, and disputed territory, and it covers it as such. After Kashmir’s change of status, they think it is their job to capture protests, not to pander to the Indian government’s sensitivities. //
If that’s the case why has foreign media did not cover the constant suppression in Pakistan of Baloch movement or Pakistan doing the same thing to Kashmir region controlled by it during 2009-2010 ?
Where was the urgency to solve the Kashmir problem & why was it allowed to foster for 70 years which led to countless loss of lives of Kashmiris as well as Indians ?
Why call it Indian govt. sensibilities & why not instead try to present the Kashmir problem in more nuanced & much more balanced way ? The kind of international reporting has happened has only concerned itself with Islamist-separatist arguments & claims of oppression {which are true to some extent but it is bound to happen in conflict prone region} but what about the oppression of other communities within the Kashmir region ? Why did they not question their own narrative ?
Where is the questioning of Pakistan in trying to give double sided messages of war & peace simultaneously {esp. no mention of Urdu media’s warmongering} ?
Is international media is saying that they are the one to decide what is & what is not ‘disputed territory’ and if that is not the case then how can they choose the Kashmir problem to cover it as disputed territory rather than as India’s internal matter ? Do they get to interpret the constitutions too to make sense of it as they want to frame it rather than allowing the constitution to speak for itself ?
Why is international media is not questioning their own govt’s motivations for allowing the Kashmir problem to foster for 70 years ?
Why international media responds only to communities who make hue & cry or else it is always Majority-Minority binaries they like to discuss ? In how much of these international media coverage did we hear about suppression of rights of minorities within J&K state or Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits or how misinformation is used to propagate Islamist fundamentalism in Kashmiri youth ?
I have many more questions for all these international media outlets but i will rest my case here for now & if Print can ask these on my behalf to the international media i would be glad to know their responses.
Why can’t The Print publish my views/ comments? Conveniently taken off in the name of moderation. My views also hv freedom of speexh. The Print is scared of publishing my comments
These foreign media/ journos also need to earn their living…else their children/ loved ones will be hunger struck. So, need to speak lie, deceit, to meet 2 square meals a day.
Also, get by paid by Pak ISI/ Pak Army to spread lies, in the name of freedom of speech
The foreign press falsifies by selecting facts to highlight. Not once in their editorializing have they noted that what Pakistan did to Gilgit and Baltistan was no different from what India did to Leh and J&K; or that the PoK is administered from Islamabad just like J&K is now. They also never pointed out that Pakistan and the separatists used to call Article 370 a sham, and now they claim to be outraged that it is gone. There was also no mention of ethnic cleansing in the valley by militants. You would expect Imran Khan to never mention the thousands of terrorists in Pakistan. However, it is an affront to fairness that foreign press failed to do that.
How does one explain this selective reporting by the western press with their high standards and their policies that often push reporters to talk to all sides of a dispute? Indeed, the foreign press dutifully talks and quotes Indian academics and experts. It is these Indians, who for decades have faulted India, who paint a one-sided picture and deliberately ignore the Indian perspective. Bloomberg had an article by Pankaj Mishra. Washington Post has articles by Salman Taseer. Arundhati Roy frequently writes for New York times. Over the last few years, I have read numerous articles in world’s most influential media by a number of other Indians – nearly all of whom are viscerally opposed to BJP and to Modi. Now who do you think their reporters and editors talk to when they want to understand the current events?
It is not enough for Indians to reject foreign press as biased. It is also not enough to ask the Indian govt to refute these reports because the press doesn’t even talk to the govt before reporting. Instead, we need to learn to play the game. We need to make it clear to the western press that their current stable of experts are disconnected from the Indian people and are deeply antithetical to Indian culture and to the Indian people. We also need to cultivate non-governmental experts who are closer to the Indian people and who can articulate Indian interests with conviction.
No substance in Foreign Media reports. When there is lockout and everyone is inside home how one can rely such fake reports that intend to disintegrate India. Let Govt do its job and once the terrorists are flushed out Kashmir will be Switzerland and wonderful place for tourists.
The only reason extremist Wahabi aggression and violence thrives all over the world is the so called liberal press. Ironically under Shariah law, there is no freedom of thought, no religious freedom, no women’s rights, no gay rights.
Yet these lefties all over the world shed crocodile tears for Jihad causes. Let’s make no mistake: Burhan Wani with Jihad verses and machine gun did not represent freedom. Kashmiriyat has been destroyed thanks to Pakistan sponsored indoctrination in Kashmir. It will take some time to restore.
This is not some kind of beauty contest! This is a lonely, tough battle.
Article 370 had to go.
There would have been violent, staged protests to claim “genocide” if communication clampdown had not been done.
We were fighting Jihad all alone. Were these media entities singing our praise? Move on.
Most of these entities are hard core commies and Jihad supporters. Jews had been present in Israel for 1000s of years before the PBUH nonsense, yet all of them support Jihad against Israel.
Tareq Fatah has correctly said Hindus display Spine of Steel after 1000 years.
Greetings! I know this is kinda off topic but I was wondering which blog platform are you using for this site? I’m getting tired of WordPress because I’ve had issues with hackers and I’m looking at alternatives for another platform. I would be fantastic if you could point me in the direction of a good platform.
The fact is we are all real hypocrites in the world. If the same foeign media had hailed the government’s move on J&K, the ruling party would have gone gaga. The main stream Indian media for reasons best known to them are crawling and bending, we cannot expect them to fall in line. Let them do their job. Why not government to revive Radio Jutithan and launch a counter propaganda.
Foreign media is unbiased because it does not have any axe to grind unlike godi media which is sold out.Presstitutes not journalist s
I live in Germany and after the decision I observed, many Pakistani Nationals here observing protests, I have no comments on that. Indians stood by Indian governments decision in heart and mind. In the city I study, Hannover, there’s a protest by Pakistani students, they tried attention by social media too, but i think it want very successful. I didn’t see any protest, but see a few photos in those students social media which had around 10-15 students.
The most surprising thing was, the next day there’s press coverage of the event with headlines line “Asians protest against Kashmir decision”. There was no other Nationals; Chinese, Thai, Indonesian, none at all; and i have classmates from other countries. This just days how can the press just manipulate a simple data to change the interpretation.
What was the press’s interests in covering as you say?
To fill up space. Nobody in the West gives a damn about South Asian affairs, which are just a footnote when reported. Too many things happening for anybody to care about India-Pakistan affairs. Indians should remove this chip off their shoulders that anybody cares. Like the careless headline Indians are Asians. Don’t read too much into it. India and Pakistan are just 2 poverty struck nations which really have nothing much to offer.
Since some Print readers accuse me of being a Pakistani in disguise, will start my submission with a chant of BMKJ. 2. This is how the world sees developments of the last one month. Many / most of the media entities named in this column are the gold standard of journalism. They have worked hard to build up their credibility, are quick to acknowledge and apologise for an occasional lapse. It passes belief that any reasonable person could believe the entire global media has suddenly begun to hate India, to the extent of fabricating reports that show it in a poor light. 3. Indian diplomats should be at work now trying to rebuild what had been damaged. They face weather beaten media professionals. Not cheerleaders and fan girls. When people evaluate India as an investment destination, this composite collage of our global image matters a great deal.
Gold standard truly. They found WMD in Iraq, on the establishment’s instructions. No wonder readership/ consumption of all these ‘gold standard’ media outlets is rapidly decreasing. Most of them couldn’t read the mood in their own countries ( read Trump and Brexit). So expecting any credibility from them is a stretch. Neither Indians nor Pakistanis should take their reportage seriously as South Asian news is only a foot note, to fill up space.
ashok is very fond of writing. He thinks his words are like calligraphy.
// For the foreign press, Kashmir is both a conflict zone, and disputed territory, and it covers it as such. After Kashmir’s change of status, they think it is their job to capture protests, not to pander to the Indian government’s sensitivities. //
If that’s the case why has foreign media did not cover the constant suppression in Pakistan of Baloch movement or Pakistan doing the same thing to Kashmir region controlled by it during 2009-2010 ?
Where was the urgency to solve the Kashmir problem & why was it allowed to foster for 70 years which led to countless loss of lives of Kashmiris as well as Indians ?
Why call it Indian govt. sensibilities & why not instead try to present the Kashmir problem in more nuanced & much more balanced way ? The kind of international reporting has happened has only concerned itself with Islamist-separatist arguments & claims of oppression {which are true to some extent but it is bound to happen in conflict prone region} but what about the oppression of other communities within the Kashmir region ? Why did they not question their own narrative ?
Where is the questioning of Pakistan in trying to give double sided messages of war & peace simultaneously {esp. no mention of Urdu media’s warmongering} ?
Is international media is saying that they are the one to decide what is & what is not ‘disputed territory’ and if that is not the case then how can they choose the Kashmir problem to cover it as disputed territory rather than as India’s internal matter ? Do they get to interpret the constitutions too to make sense of it as they want to frame it rather than allowing the constitution to speak for itself ?
Why is international media is not questioning their own govt’s motivations for allowing the Kashmir problem to foster for 70 years ?
Why international media responds only to communities who make hue & cry or else it is always Majority-Minority binaries they like to discuss ? In how much of these international media coverage did we hear about suppression of rights of minorities within J&K state or Exodus of Kashmiri Pandits or how misinformation is used to propagate Islamist fundamentalism in Kashmiri youth ?
I have many more questions for all these international media outlets but i will rest my case here for now & if Print can ask these on my behalf to the international media i would be glad to know their responses.
Why can’t The Print publish my views/ comments? Conveniently taken off in the name of moderation. My views also hv freedom of speexh. The Print is scared of publishing my comments
These foreign media/ journos also need to earn their living…else their children/ loved ones will be hunger struck. So, need to speak lie, deceit, to meet 2 square meals a day.
Also, get by paid by Pak ISI/ Pak Army to spread lies, in the name of freedom of speech
The foreign press falsifies by selecting facts to highlight. Not once in their editorializing have they noted that what Pakistan did to Gilgit and Baltistan was no different from what India did to Leh and J&K; or that the PoK is administered from Islamabad just like J&K is now. They also never pointed out that Pakistan and the separatists used to call Article 370 a sham, and now they claim to be outraged that it is gone. There was also no mention of ethnic cleansing in the valley by militants. You would expect Imran Khan to never mention the thousands of terrorists in Pakistan. However, it is an affront to fairness that foreign press failed to do that.
How does one explain this selective reporting by the western press with their high standards and their policies that often push reporters to talk to all sides of a dispute? Indeed, the foreign press dutifully talks and quotes Indian academics and experts. It is these Indians, who for decades have faulted India, who paint a one-sided picture and deliberately ignore the Indian perspective. Bloomberg had an article by Pankaj Mishra. Washington Post has articles by Salman Taseer. Arundhati Roy frequently writes for New York times. Over the last few years, I have read numerous articles in world’s most influential media by a number of other Indians – nearly all of whom are viscerally opposed to BJP and to Modi. Now who do you think their reporters and editors talk to when they want to understand the current events?
It is not enough for Indians to reject foreign press as biased. It is also not enough to ask the Indian govt to refute these reports because the press doesn’t even talk to the govt before reporting. Instead, we need to learn to play the game. We need to make it clear to the western press that their current stable of experts are disconnected from the Indian people and are deeply antithetical to Indian culture and to the Indian people. We also need to cultivate non-governmental experts who are closer to the Indian people and who can articulate Indian interests with conviction.
No substance in Foreign Media reports. When there is lockout and everyone is inside home how one can rely such fake reports that intend to disintegrate India. Let Govt do its job and once the terrorists are flushed out Kashmir will be Switzerland and wonderful place for tourists.
The only reason extremist Wahabi aggression and violence thrives all over the world is the so called liberal press. Ironically under Shariah law, there is no freedom of thought, no religious freedom, no women’s rights, no gay rights.
Yet these lefties all over the world shed crocodile tears for Jihad causes. Let’s make no mistake: Burhan Wani with Jihad verses and machine gun did not represent freedom. Kashmiriyat has been destroyed thanks to Pakistan sponsored indoctrination in Kashmir. It will take some time to restore.
This is not some kind of beauty contest! This is a lonely, tough battle.
Article 370 had to go.
There would have been violent, staged protests to claim “genocide” if communication clampdown had not been done.
We were fighting Jihad all alone. Were these media entities singing our praise? Move on.
Most of these entities are hard core commies and Jihad supporters. Jews had been present in Israel for 1000s of years before the PBUH nonsense, yet all of them support Jihad against Israel.
Tareq Fatah has correctly said Hindus display Spine of Steel after 1000 years.