Squeamish Hindu

IN Media Watch Briefs | 20/06/2002

Squeamish Hindu

Squeamish Hindu

On June 19, Farooq Abdullah made the news with his petulant outburst about exiting from public life after he lost out in the Vice-Presidential race. Indian Express said in the headline itself, "Bitter over V-P fiasco, Farooq wants to quite `shitty politics`." But The Hindu couldn`t quite bring itself to say the s-word. In a story headlined "Farooq may call it a day`, the quote went, "I think there is something else to do in life than `s....y` politics." Considering most 8-year-olds use the word, the squeamishness seemed unwarranted.

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