The battle lines are sharply drawn. Nationalists are deadly opposed to those considered enemies of the nation, government supporters are ranged against government baiters, from social media to the street from beef bans to intolerance debates to the JNU saga, the question is inevitably asked: you’re a journalist, so whose side are you on? You’re a journalist should you not be a neutral reporter?
A fair question. The journalist is the citizen’s witness. She sees so she may relay the information, she asks because she believes citizens want answers. She interrogates the powerful not on her own behalf but on the behalf of those who trust her to ask their questions. She investigates a story because it’s her duty to unearth Read More
