Dear Mr. Bhalla, I don't suppose sensible people read your regular fantasies on the rediff. Otherwise by now someone would have posted the reference for the figure that Sainath has quoted. So, here goes,
Patnaik, U. 2003: Food Stocks and Hunger: The Causes of Agrarian Distress, Social Scientist.
Prof. Patnaik has published her research regarding declining food availability in other issues of Social Scientist as well as EPW. I hope, however, that you count her as an economist -- though I have reasons to fear the obverse. Finally, I trust that you are clever enough to realise that there are gaps in your article (?). But as you indicated, in journalism, especially of the pink variety, anything goes.
I would agree about the first line for the SC, but not the press. Saying the press was never biased politically or above politics in any way is wishfull thinking. Look at TOI. I could write pages about its wrongs just in ethical sense. But then, this is only supposed to a comment...
what has been stated in the article is very true and a pertinent issue.i am a media management student and this(regulations in media) has been a topic of discussion in my classes.some thought has to be given to it and some measures have to be take before its too late.
PKL. Oct. 16th Sunday 2005. The journalists suffer the illusion that their representations could change the world , that refuses to be changed by stronger forces of history as "needs", physical transformations of ecology and trade and industry or Wars because they trust that they can morph the beliefs of Historical Agents , and the journalists twist and mask thorough representations the reality that moulds "praxis"...they should have known the power of truth and facts better , but alas in hubris they assume they can fool all the people for all the time!D. Goel
