Dr. S. Jaishankar is a diplomat-turned-politician who has served as India’s External Affairs Minister since 2019. He is a member of the BJP and a member of parliament representing Gujarat in the Rajya Sabha.
Dr. Jaishankar had earlier served as India’s foreign secretary between 2015-2018, after serving as ambassador to the United States, China, and the Czech Republic and as high commissioner to Singapore. He is well known for his assertive speeches and comments in the international media, such as the one when he addressed the UN, advocating for India’s permanent membership in the UNSC. Jaishankar is said to have played a major role in negotiating the India-US civil nuclear agreement. He has authored over three books, including ‘The India Way’ and ‘Why Bharat Matters’.
In 2019, he was conferred with the Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian honour in the country.
It is sickening to listen to apologists for the government, who wear their internment in 1975-1977 like a badge of honour. The Emergency imposed by Mrs Gandhi lasted for less than two years. The currently ongoing media manipulation, by the government, is in its sixth year.
Hirelings of the paid media have no compunctions about blatantly spewing lies to malign their own country, what to talk of their country’s government. Given a platform in the West, their pitch is the more intense. The Communist rag, Caravan, and its notorious liars like Vinod Jose are a case in point.
Internal enemies like Vinod Jose should be tried for treason.
Republic TV and Arnab Goswamy. The ideal presentation of Indian journalism. Government should bring a bill in parliament. Add to the list bills cleared in not time
There is no “overt” attack on press freedom in India. There is “covert” attack, that some political commentators keep insinuating. But I think the reality is more weird – – a large number of India’s journalists have been capitulating of their own free will.