Self censoring again?
Is the media self-censoring on PM Modi’s more bizarre pronouncements? While Headlines Today and the Guardian were quick to jump on his October 25 speech taking mythology as proof of ancient Indian science, except the Indian Express, Indian papers reported it with a straight face with surprisingly little comment till Karan Thapar’s op-ed piece in the Hindu today. (He normally writes for the Hindustan Times.) The Telegraph asked scientists what they thought and reported the dim view they took. But boy, has this story been underplayed.