Writer rages against India's media gags

Pritish Nandy, the poet, author, former editor and TV interviewer, is outraged by the Indian parliament's desire to introduce new media laws. He writes in The Times of India: "Every day new controls are being put in place to gag the media. Ostensibly these are licensing issues, regulatory issues. But the truth is: more and more control over media is being exercised by the State." In his forthright article championing freedom of speech, Nandy adds: "What they [the government] want to control is actually news. Everything else is a cover." (Via timesofindia.com )