Although I enjoy reading Jubel’s letters, as his subject matters are topical, his habit of being economical with truth in pursuit of anti-Hindu agenda somewhat devalues his efforts, his sincerity, as so many readers have challenged and proved him wrong.
His latest letter “Gauri Lankesh” in last week’s AV is prime example of his anti-Hindu bias. Gauri was brutally murdered by unidentified assailants in her own home in Bangalore, Karnataka, State ruled not by BJP but Jubel’s favourite political party Congress. Gauri’s confrontational, blatant, firebrand, style made many enemies right across political, religious, caste and cultural divide, including local Congress leader and split up with her husband and recently from her long-time friend Prakash Belawadi after he joined BJP Media Team.
Heterogeneous Gauri used to run Kannada language weekly tabloid “Lankesh Patrike” in association with her brother, started by her late talented poet turned journalist father P. Lankesh. They recently split-up under acrimonious circumstances, Gauri, a political huckster, started her own tabloid, “Gauri Lankesh Patrike”. As paper did not accept advertisement, financial mainstay of practically every newspaper, one may wonder how she managed to balance books with some fifty employees!
In the latest development SIT has questioned her brother and two Naxal leaders. So Jubel’s assumption of involvement of religious extremists is out of ignorance. If fiduciary Jubel feels India is ruled by goons, then he should try living in Pakistan, Afghanistan or even Mayanmar. It is particularly unpatriotic to criticise one’s motherland in “Foreign Press!”
In November 2016, lustre Gauri was convicted of criminal defamation over an article published in 2008 and attracted six-month jail sentence along with hefty fine. But she does not deserve such brutal end. Let us hope truth will prevail and guilty appropriately punished.
Bhupendra M. Gandhi
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