Chennai: The city witnessed an extremely strange case of attempted
suicide yesterday. Mr Radhakrishnan, residing in Mylapore tried to kill
himself late in the evening. The reason he cited was depression. He
claimed that he was depressed since noon yesterday and decided to end
his life by evening. A probe revealed startling facts. Apparently, Mr
Radhakrishnan is a great fan of the chairman of Press Council of India.
This is what Mr Radhakrishnan had to say: “I am an ardent fan of the judge. His articles and statements are a great source of entertainment. Every day starts with reading some controversial statement/article by the judge in one newspaper or the other. I spend the night restlessly, waiting for sunrise. Everyday, at the crack of dawn, I sift through all newspapers for news related to the Hon’ble Chairman. This has been my only source of fun for the past several months.
“From trashing media people for their low intellectual level to berating Salman Rushdie for being a poor and sub-standard writer, from opining that Bharat Ratna should not be given to cricketers and film stars to calling 90 per cent of Indians fools, I have thoroughly enjoyed each of the news items involving him. He is unbelievably funny. His recent article in The Indian Express where he claimed that Tamilians are some of the most superstitious people in India was a masterpiece. It had me in splits. I must confess that, over time, I have become addicted to him, developed a dependency.
“To my utter shock and dismay, there was no controversial news item involving the judge in any of the newspapers yesterday. I spent several hours religiously skimming all the newspapers that sell in Chennai, and some that only claim to sell in Chennai. But despite my best efforts I could not find anything until noon. I was extremely frustrated, depressed, dejected and cranky by afternoon. I could not think of a day without the judge. By evening I had decided to take the extreme step.”
Saved by the proverbial whisper, Mr Radhakrishnan has now decided to act. He plans to prefer a complaint to the Press Council of India. He says that under Section 13 (1) (e) of the Press Council Act, the Council is duty bound to “keep under review any development likely to restrict the supply and dissemination of news of public interest and importance”. If the judge’s daily pronouncement is not of public interest and importance, Mr Radhakrishnan says he does not know what is.
“Cartoons are dangerous, pocket cartoons are a thing of the past and no one has a sense of humour. If the irresponsible media, largely staffed by ill-informed journalists, starts to censor the good judge or worse, he gets disillusioned and stops issuing statements, the loss will be ours. Surely in the face of mounting inflation, rising temperatures and the falling rupee, we deserve one good laugh a day,” says Mr Radhakrishnan.
Link: http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=410024&catid=39
This is what Mr Radhakrishnan had to say: “I am an ardent fan of the judge. His articles and statements are a great source of entertainment. Every day starts with reading some controversial statement/article by the judge in one newspaper or the other. I spend the night restlessly, waiting for sunrise. Everyday, at the crack of dawn, I sift through all newspapers for news related to the Hon’ble Chairman. This has been my only source of fun for the past several months.
“From trashing media people for their low intellectual level to berating Salman Rushdie for being a poor and sub-standard writer, from opining that Bharat Ratna should not be given to cricketers and film stars to calling 90 per cent of Indians fools, I have thoroughly enjoyed each of the news items involving him. He is unbelievably funny. His recent article in The Indian Express where he claimed that Tamilians are some of the most superstitious people in India was a masterpiece. It had me in splits. I must confess that, over time, I have become addicted to him, developed a dependency.
“To my utter shock and dismay, there was no controversial news item involving the judge in any of the newspapers yesterday. I spent several hours religiously skimming all the newspapers that sell in Chennai, and some that only claim to sell in Chennai. But despite my best efforts I could not find anything until noon. I was extremely frustrated, depressed, dejected and cranky by afternoon. I could not think of a day without the judge. By evening I had decided to take the extreme step.”
Saved by the proverbial whisper, Mr Radhakrishnan has now decided to act. He plans to prefer a complaint to the Press Council of India. He says that under Section 13 (1) (e) of the Press Council Act, the Council is duty bound to “keep under review any development likely to restrict the supply and dissemination of news of public interest and importance”. If the judge’s daily pronouncement is not of public interest and importance, Mr Radhakrishnan says he does not know what is.
“Cartoons are dangerous, pocket cartoons are a thing of the past and no one has a sense of humour. If the irresponsible media, largely staffed by ill-informed journalists, starts to censor the good judge or worse, he gets disillusioned and stops issuing statements, the loss will be ours. Surely in the face of mounting inflation, rising temperatures and the falling rupee, we deserve one good laugh a day,” says Mr Radhakrishnan.
Link: http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=410024&catid=39
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