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Rohini Singh
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During UPA years, I did a spate of critical stories on Congress and the then government. Questioning government and its leaders was never seen as an act of bravery or treason, depending on which side you are on. It was what regular journalists did. When did it all change?
When did journalists start attacking fellow journalists for asking questions of the government? When did it become ok to take govt narrative at face value & not question it? When did the role of journalists change to side with the oppressors, to hound those questioning the govt?
Am tweeting just a handful of examples of what I was doing during UPA years. And the fact that it even needs to be quoted to earn me the right to question this govt is telling- m.economictimes.com/news/company/c…

m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…

m.timesofindia.com/india/CWG-corr…

m.economictimes.com/news/politics-…
This spiel being peddled by TV anchors that questioning the govt is questioning public mandate is the biggest lot of rubbish. All govts are democratically elected. Even the UPA govts were. There are depths Indian media shouldn’t fall to. History wouldn’t be kind to us if we do.
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Arun Jaitley never quite liked me. Disliked me intensely as a matter of fact. I had refused to be a part of his journalist durbar and had filed a story, which he thought favoured a cabinet colleague of his and showed him in a bad light. No one ever wrote against Jaitley. (1/n)
He called me a day before the story was published & told me not to do it. I had sought comments from the then BJP president Amit Shah on the story. I politely told him I was going ahead with the story and would add his version of events if he wants to me to. He was shocked..(2/n)
“But I am telling you not to do it,” he said. I reminded him that he wasn’t the editor of my paper and he was free to speak to the editor if he wants to. Jaitley was the finance minister and the Modi govt had just been formed. To his credit, he didn’t call the editor.(3/n)
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I was in an elevator in New York when a guy asked me if I was married. I said yes. “When I see a lucky man walking down the street, I would know that’s your husband” was his response. Such an eye roll inducing moment but WASN’T sexual harassment. A distinction is important
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