Jaishankar takes a veiled dig at American media for their biased coverage of India
Without taking the name of "The Washington Post," he sarcastically said, "I look at the media. You know, there are some newspapers you know, exactly what are going to write including on in this town." Jaishankar passed the sarcastic remark while addressing the Indian-American gathering.
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New York, September 26: Without taking names, External Affairs Minister S jaishankar took a jibe at American media, including the Washington Post, for their biased coverage of India.
Without taking the name of 'The Washington Post,' he sarcastically said, "I look at the media. You know, there are some newspapers you know, exactly what are going to write including in this town." Jaishankar passed the sarcastic remark while addressing the Indian-American gathering.
"My point is there are biases, there are efforts, to determine. Look the more India goes its way and the people who believe that they were the custodians and the shapers of India lose ground in India the more, some of these debaters gonna come outside," Jaishankar said responding to a question on the increase in anti-Indian forces in this country.
Such groups, he asserted, are "not winning in India." Such groups, the minister noted, will try and win outside or try and shape India from outside.
"This is something which we need to be aware of. It is important to contest. It isn't because most Americans will not know what sort of the nuances and the complexities of back home, so, it's important not to sit back, not to let other people define me. That is something which I feel as a community is very important for us," he said.
Responding to a question on misrepresentation of the Kashmir issue in the American capital, the External Affairs Minister said if there is a terrorist incident, it doesn't matter what faith the person who's killed belongs to; if there are Indian soldiers or Indian policemen who are abducted; If people are working for the government, or citizens going about their business, who will lose their lives.
"How often do you hear people talking about it; or pronouncing it look at the media coverage. What does the media cover what does the media not cover? That is how actually opinions and perceptions are shaped," he said.
"There is a big song and dance about the Internet being cut. Now, if you've reached the stage where you say an Internet cut is more dangerous than the loss of human lives, then what can I say?" Jaishankar said amidst applause from the audience.
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