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Dissimulation In Words And In Images

A section of the media will peddle lies and destroy reputations for fame, says Balbir K. Punj

Last night a friend from Baroda called. Weeping. It took her fifteen minutes to tell me what the matter was. It wasn't very complicated. Only that Sayeeda, a friend of hers, had been caught by a mob. Only that her stomach had been ripped open and stuffed with burning rags. Only that after she died, someone carved 'OM' on her forehead
The East India Company

(The writer is a BJP MP and can be contacted at bpunj@email.com.)

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