No energy for media

IN Media Watch Briefs | 14/02/2011

What Kiran Karnik told the Hindu after resigning from the board of the ISRO Devas project is worth noting. He said he believed no wrong had been done, and processes adhered to, but “I do not have the time or the energy… in terms of talking to the media and explaining. The underlying thinking seems to be that you are guilty unless proven innocent.” (Hindu, Feb 12)

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