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Back in Sep 2014, the Indo-British Heritage Trust organised a
debate at the inaugural event to mark
the 400th anniversary of formal relations between India and Britain back in
1614. The
interesting conclusion in the historic debate that put the mighty empire on a
mock trial at the Supreme Court in London,
was that the British Raj did more harm than good in the Indian
subcontinent. The motion before the house was, "The Indian
sub-continent benefited more than it lost from the experience of British
Colonialism". The team against the motion, eloquently led by Congress MP
Shashi Tharoor and including fellow authors William Dalrymple and Nick Robins,
clinched a decisive victory. "No wonder the
sun never set on the British Empire, even God couldn't trust the English in the
dark," said Tharoor as part of his arguments which focused on the economic
ruin of India at the hands of the East India Company.
Irrespective
of party leaning, this man is to be admired for his language skills, though
there are frequent fax-paus. Former
Under Secretary General- United Nations, turned politician, and author Dr
Shashi Tharoor's official Twitter account is quite an interesting page. More
than the subject matter, what interests people is his intriguing use of lesser
known words; every few days, Dr Tharoor makes most Indians reach out for the
dictionary and learn a new English word!
Sitaram Yechury is leader of the Communist Party of India
(Marxist), was has been its General Secretary since 2015. He is a member of the Politburo of the
Communist Party of India (Marxist) and was the party's Parliamentary group
leader. Have heard that his father Sarveswara Somayajula Yechury lived in
Kakinada. Tragedy struck on them as Ashish
Yechury, Sitaram Yechury’s 34-year-old
son, died of Covid-19 after a two-week
long battle with the infection. Breaking the news on Twitter at 7.59 am, around
two hours after his son’s death, Yechury wrote, “It is with great sadness that
I have to inform that I lost my elder son, Ashish Yechury to Covid-19 this
morning. I want to thank all those who gave us hope and who treated him – doctors,
nurses, frontline health workers, sanitation workers and innumerable others who
stood by us.”
Leaders across party lines,
including the Prime Minister as well as the President of India, put out
messages on social media to express condolences after hearing of Ashish’s death…
.. there was a glaring fax-paus. Congress
general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, while expressing her condolence on
Sitaram Yechury’s son’s demise, ended up with quite an embarrassing tweet. At
first, she condoled death of Sitaram
Kesari’s son, she tweeted her condolences to Sitaram Kesari
and his family. Then there was another
tweet that started - ‘Please tweet’
before her actual message that showed that the condolence message was
copied-pasted from WhatsApp or other such tool. Few minutes later Priyanka
Gandhi Vadra tweeted correct condolence message to correct intended recipient
on third attempt.
Sadly, there
have been cases when wrong obituary messages have been put up. Jayaprakash Narayan died in Patna, on 8
October 1979, three days before his 77th birthday. In March 1979, while he was
in hospital, his death had been erroneously announced, causing a brief wave of
national mourning, including the suspension of parliament and regular radio
broadcasting, and the closure of schools and shops.
On Friday, it
was the turn of former Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan (78) to announce that
she is very much alive. Her 'clarification' came after Congress leader Shashi
Tharoor and some media outlets Thursday night announced the demise of Mahajan. Tharoor
and others deleted the tweets after BJP leaders pointed out that she was hale
and hearty.
"What should I do?
These people carried the news without any confirmation. They should have at
least confirmed with the district administration in Indore," Mahajan is
heard saying in an audio clip. "The Central government and Lok Sabha
Speaker Om Birla should take note of this," the BJP veteran says in the
clip. "This became all-India news. I started getting calls from my relatives
in Mumbai. My brother's daughter responded to Tharoor's tweet asking who gave
him this fake news." Mahajan also wondered why some Mumbai news channels,
in particular, flashed the fake news of her demise. After deleting the tweet,
Tharoor had said he was relieved that Mahajan is doing fine and said he banked
on "a reliable source" in putting out his tweet. Mahajan was the Lok
Sabha Speaker from 2014 to 2019. She earlier represented the Indore Lok Sabha
constituency in Parliament for eight terms.
With regards – S.
Sampathkumar
23.4.2021
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