When the two media giants Ahmad Noorani and Haroon Rashid stated that Najam Sethi is not a journalist, I had to change my business card from “the senior-most junior journalist” to “the senior-most junior!” Their jugalbandi took me to the 1940s, when Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Kasur-gharana) and Ustad Amir Khan (Indore gharana) were […] The post Who Is A Journalist? appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.
Some Indian friends are down in the dumps: they are the true music lovers and want the distinction between ‘awards’ and ‘alms’ to stay visible. Freedom of speech is now ‘treason’ in Modi-regime. Whisper something innocuous against it in Mumbai, the CBI will be your ‘guest’ within hours and the Delhi police will be your […] The post Doing Justice To Artists: Who Truly Deserves The Bharat Ratna? appeared first on The Friday Times - Naya Daur.