by B. R. GOWANI
despots believe they’re above the law, journalists, courts, people, …
they don’t want to answer reporters’ questions
the reason being that they don’t want anyone to inquire about their crimes
Modi is such despot who thinks he is not answerable to anyone
so he avoids the reporters and spares himself the agony of truth
but in June 2023, Modi attended a White House press conference
White House press conferences are a facade; selected reporters are there
the real reporter like Julian Assange is rotting in a London prison
Wall Street Journal’s Sabrina Siddiqui asked one question to Modi
“What steps are you and your government willing to take to improve the rights of Muslims and other minorities in your country and to uphold free speech?”
it’s a very mild question without any statistics of the number of:
- Muslims killed
- Dalits raped and/or murdered
- journalists eliminated
- and so on
Modi’s answer, rather a nonanswer, was an unvarnished crap
“In India’s democratic values, there is absolutely no discrimination, neither on basis of caste, creed, or age or any kind of geographic location.”
“Indeed, India is a democracy. And as President Biden also mentioned, India and America both countries, democracy is in our DNA. The democracy is our spirit. Democracy runs in our veins. We live democracy.”
Biden said the US and India have “democracy” in their DNA
in other words, Biden is saying so it must be true — but is it?
Biden is a liar …
- in November 2019, Biden said he would make Saudi Arabia a “pariah“
- high oil prices brought Biden to S Arabia in July 2022 and a fist bump
democracy doesn’t run in Modi/BJP veins; it’s hatred that flows
Modi/BJP live democracy — they can screw up anybody they want to
most of the Indians do not live democracy; they’re living a nightmare
institutions in India function in sync with Modi’s whims
- Supreme Court
- Parliament
- CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) (similar to United States FBI)
- print media
- social media
- news channels
- etc.
pro-BJP supporters attacked Siddiqui:
“This is also freedom of speech. Just as journalists have right to ask questions, citizens also have the right to call out biased reporting. Period! Go home, crybabies, if you cannot deal with this.”
“You were there as a reporter for the Wall Street journal. A business newspaper. You could have asked a question about India’s economy. Trade ties. But no. You had to make it about you and your identity like every Muslims everywhere all the time virtue signal and ask a question that even a halfwit knows Modi was never going to answer. You wasted your opportunity and you’re an incompetent journalist. This will be the high point of your lane career.”
the foolish & the wise know well that Modi would never accept his offenses
it’s journalist’s duty to expose misdeeds of the liar(s)
those reporters who face autocrats like Modi should be fully prepared
they should carry with them 100 or so flyers with
list of crimes committed by the interviewee should be listed on fliers
both sides of the fliers should also have URLs to all the links of sources
the fliers should be given to the liar and his/her sycophants and reporters …
the US officials half-heartedly protested to maintain a pretense of free press
B. R. Gowani can be reached at brgowani@hotmail.com