tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30114923.post9184871065096450608..comments2023-12-01T13:55:11.965+05:30Comments on Yashika T Khanna: The Alchemy of ShameYashika Totlani Khannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11196136921086225817noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30114923.post-39093323402880455012013-11-28T10:54:09.121+05:302013-11-28T10:54:09.121+05:30@ the lazer: Whats also interesting to see is how ...@ the lazer: Whats also interesting to see is how the media is the media's biggest enemy! One newspaper decided to keep running this story and other followed suit, all trying to bring Tehelka down to have one less competitor in the market. Nobody however is giving a second thought to how much dirt entails the running of their own organisations. Thanks for the quick read husband and the quicker comment :) Much appreciated.Yashika Totlani Khannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11196136921086225817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30114923.post-2100840053051200122013-11-28T10:50:12.953+05:302013-11-28T10:50:12.953+05:30Hard hitting and deservedly so. The media can be a...Hard hitting and deservedly so. The media can be an opaque industry and one where the informal rules trump written ones. The case only demonstrates that bad sexual attitudes are not just the preserve of 'lower economic classes' as we often tend to believe and that many in a position of power often think they can get away easily as well. Tarun Tejpal has irredeemably damaged Tehelka and Shoma Chaudhary has now ruined her credibility trying to defend him. Tarun can be quite crafty with his prose and is a critically acclaimed novelist. Surely, remorse for a sexual act cannot be expressed merely through a recusal from an editorial position. He should have handed himself for police enquiry as soon as the victim complained. It speaks to his brazenness that he thought he could ride it out. Many other media outlets have fanned the anger against him and helped keep the story alive. One only wishes it would be true with other instances as well where employers exercise dominance over female employees and curry sexual favours in return of promotions. That such a thing happened in a place like Tehelka which has claimed to speak for the disempowered for so long only means that the rot is widespread and no place is safe. Everything about this case, save the brave stand of the victim, points to depressing insights.the lazy knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12776924873209244313noreply@blogger.com