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Journalists
should respect the faith of Common Man—APJ Abdul Kalam
It is the responsibility
and duty of the media to give right information, so that the common man
can keep faith on it. A good journalist is always fearless, inspiring and
exemplary, said Dr A.P.J Abdul Kalam, former President of India while delivering
a lecture at the Kapoor Chandra Kulish International Journalism Awards
function of the Rajasthan Patrika, in Delhi. Missile Man Dr Kalam while
guiding the fourth pillar of the society said that the journalists should
be innovative in thinking, writing and in action. He suggested five oaths
for the young journalists: 1. Journalists should be honest, loyal and sincere
to the nation and its citizens. 2. Should not disseminate exaggerated and
sensational news. 3. Should give correct information to keep the confidence
of the people. 4. Highlight and celebrate the success stories of rural
India. 5. Write news after proper investigation of the facts. Dr Kalam
presented the Kapoor Chandra Kulish international award jointly to Pakistan’s
newspaper the Dawn and the Hindustan Times. The award meant for excellence
in print journalism carries a medal and 11 thousand dollars. The theme
of the award was Human Development. The Karachi edition of the Dawn had
carried a story on ‘Why does corporate Pakistan detest democracy?’ and
the Hindustan Times from Delhi had carried a 10-day series named ‘The new
Muslim’. Besides this ten meritorious awards were also given to journalists.
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Presiding over the function
Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Somnath Chatterjee cautioned people against attempts
to denigrate Parliament. He said any attempt to “diminish the importance
of Parliament or to stifle its proper functioning is not only an attack
on the foundations of our democratic existence but also on our basic constitutional
edifice”. He further said that the country’s polity today “is overtaken
by extremely partisan and confrontational politics”. “There is an atmosphere
of intolerance, if not hatred, to each other, which is substantially affecting
the political morality of our country”, he added. |
Speaking on the occasion,
Rajasthan Chief Minister Smt Vasundhara Raje expressed her happiness as
saying that the state is proud on the development of the media house Rajasthan
Patrika and said that the Patrika is the authentic voice of Rajasthan.
She described the founder editor of the Patrika Karpoor Chandra Kulish
as a doyen of Hindi journalism. Smt Raje said that the award given by the
media house would encourage more journalists to excel in the field.
Dr Gulab Kothari, editor
and Managing Directer of the Rajasthan Patrika said that Patrika rooted
in the moorings of state’s cultural heritage has been serving the people
for the last 52 years. Among others present on the occasion were senior
BJP leader Dr M.M. Joshi, Union Minister Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Union Minister
Shri Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, Shri Ravi Shanker Prasad, film actor Shri
Anupam Kher, former Rajasthan Governor Shri Madanlal Khurana.
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