Thankyou Moonlight. I do not know how old you are but I am over 50 and have been reading newspapers for over 40 years and over the years have seen criminals and scum take over the entire political and civil service. My life has no value as I have already mentioned and noone listens to anything I say. Unfortunately free press is a myth as our journalists are just happy to perpetuate the lies told by the politicians. Two reasons for this. One is fear. Can you imagine writing the truth in Bihar, UP or Tamil Nadu. At best you will be beaten up, at worst killed. This has already happened. I think there is a way around this and that is collaboration between different papers. For instance if a reporter has proof about corruption in Bihar he will quietly pass on his story to a paper in say Kerala where it will be printed in the local press and if sufficient noise is made will be picked up by national news media.
The second reason for our tame press is greed. The Press Club in Delhi gets liquor at Army Canteen rates, they are given freebees by ministers and get to travel free with the ministers on foreign junkets. These bribes at the taxpayres expense makes them partners in crime and reluctant to take on politicians. All the scoundrels shown up by the Tahalka expose are living comfortably but the owner was bankrupted by the then government by bringing a string if false cases through agencies like the CBI paid for by our money. Not a single journalist had the guts or the character to stand up against this perversion.
Frustrated by the constant lies I am using this medium to unburden my soul.