AWAKENINGS

  The millet field - the scene of the crime Hathras Case   originated from a report published in Hindi Daily Jagran on the 15 th September 2020 .   The report was about a tragic incident happened on the 14 th September 2020 to a 19 year old Dalit  girl from Bulgadhi Village in Hathras.     The dalit girl was gathering fodder for animals with her mother in a millet field near her house and one Thakur by name Sandeep, due to a history of bad blood, dragged her away and attempted to strangulate her to death. The Dalit Girl – the victim created a commotion due to which Sandeep – the accused fled the scene. The mother of the victim rescued her and took her to the Chandpa Police Station. The victim’s brother also accompanied her mother and her victim sister to the police station. Jagran News Paper did not mention any sexual assault on the victim whose name was also mentioned in the report by the paper and if it was rape, the name of the victim might not hav...

  Journalism, as per A. S. Panneerselvan, should respect and reflect – Impartiality, Balance, Fairness, Accuracy and Commitment to truth. He laments that a group of readers has a way of finding theoretical explanations for their examples of bias in the newspaper. He argues that the notion of bias get entrenched in the minds of some readers due their trusting information from social media thereby transforming them from an engaged reader to an enraged reader. But, it is heartening to hear from A.S. Panneerselvan that as a news ombudsman, dealing with this issue of bias, has both a challenge and a learning experience. The Hindu’s Bias Issue in reporting news item – sometimes bordering around Views of the Reporters instead of bare happenings, was raised by one regular reader – who is perhaps more an enraged reader than an engaged reader in the perception of Panneerselvan which was quoted as under: V.N. Mukundarajan, a regular writer to the Hindu wrote thus: “The Hindu’s edi...

  Modi’s 4 Labour Codes which were passed by the both houses – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha -  are not new laws in toto  – but they had consolidated, concised and codified all existing laws of more than 100+ thereby simplifying them for easy and hassle free compliance. These bold reforms are complete game-changing labour reforms in the country which was long overdue. These labour laws reforms will usher new era for development, investment – local and global, balanced justice to both Employers and Employees, Ease of Doing Business, Simplified Reporting Systems with replacement of Inspector Raj to Inspector – Facilitator Scenario.   The four labour reform laws – called Four Labour Codes – are as below: 1. The Code on Wages - 2019 2. The Code on Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions - 2020 3. The Code on Social Security and Safety - 2020 4. The code on Industrial Relations - 2020 ( While the wage Code was passed in 2019, other 3 codes were passed during Septem...