Sri Rama Sene activists try to disrupt seminar in Delhi
New Delhi: A group of Sri Rama Sene activists on Wednesday tried to disrupt a seminar being attended by journalists from India and Pakistan here protesting the alleged criticism of the Indian media by Pakistani scribes.
The trouble started when Pakistani journalist Khan Yusufzai (The News) referred to an article which suggested India to attack Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks while speaking at the seminar on the theme 'Is Media Jingoism fanning Indo-Pak Tensions?'
Around 10 people sitting inside the main auditorium started clapping at the suggestion and began shouting slogans like 'Pakistan Hai Hai' and 'Pakistan Murdabad'. They also demanded that the seminar should be immediately wrapped up. However, security personnel of the IIC, where the seminar is held, intervened and the protesters were taken out of the hall. Later, they were taken out of the IIC premises, where police has deployed over 50 personnel.
"The meeting was disrupted for a brief period. It resumed after some time," Madhur Trehan, one of the organisers and president of the Foundation of Media Professionals, said.
A senior police official said no one has been detained in connection with the incident. Sri Ram Sene national general secretary Vinay Kumar Singh said that their protest was against accusations allegedly made by Pakistani journalists and writer Arundhati Roy that Indian media is "sponsored" by the US.
"Roy and Pakistanis are telling us that Indian media is the agent of Americans. But tell us, who are your sponsors?" the Sri Ram Sene general secretary said commenting on the his group's protest.
Roy could not be contacted for comments. Yusufzai said it was unfortunate for some people to disrupt such peaceful discussions.
"We were not representing any governments, though I think they wanted to make a point," he said.
The indian public is now 100% sure that there is no such thing as "state" or "non-state" actors in pakistan. Pakistan as a whole is guilty of bleeding india with several cuts. This change of heart is not going down well with the pakistani's and the pakistani media. This has something to do with kashmir. Were the Pakistani's trying to woo the indian public into thinking that the evil indian govt was hiding the truth from it's people so that somehow the people will force the govt to give back kashmir to pakistan? Or does this all sound plain silly? Has the psychological warfare failed to take off in india?
New Delhi: A group of Sri Rama Sene activists on Wednesday tried to disrupt a seminar being attended by journalists from India and Pakistan here protesting the alleged criticism of the Indian media by Pakistani scribes.
The trouble started when Pakistani journalist Khan Yusufzai (The News) referred to an article which suggested India to attack Pakistan after the Mumbai attacks while speaking at the seminar on the theme 'Is Media Jingoism fanning Indo-Pak Tensions?'
Around 10 people sitting inside the main auditorium started clapping at the suggestion and began shouting slogans like 'Pakistan Hai Hai' and 'Pakistan Murdabad'. They also demanded that the seminar should be immediately wrapped up. However, security personnel of the IIC, where the seminar is held, intervened and the protesters were taken out of the hall. Later, they were taken out of the IIC premises, where police has deployed over 50 personnel.
"The meeting was disrupted for a brief period. It resumed after some time," Madhur Trehan, one of the organisers and president of the Foundation of Media Professionals, said.
A senior police official said no one has been detained in connection with the incident. Sri Ram Sene national general secretary Vinay Kumar Singh said that their protest was against accusations allegedly made by Pakistani journalists and writer Arundhati Roy that Indian media is "sponsored" by the US.
"Roy and Pakistanis are telling us that Indian media is the agent of Americans. But tell us, who are your sponsors?" the Sri Ram Sene general secretary said commenting on the his group's protest.
Roy could not be contacted for comments. Yusufzai said it was unfortunate for some people to disrupt such peaceful discussions.
"We were not representing any governments, though I think they wanted to make a point," he said.
The indian public is now 100% sure that there is no such thing as "state" or "non-state" actors in pakistan. Pakistan as a whole is guilty of bleeding india with several cuts. This change of heart is not going down well with the pakistani's and the pakistani media. This has something to do with kashmir. Were the Pakistani's trying to woo the indian public into thinking that the evil indian govt was hiding the truth from it's people so that somehow the people will force the govt to give back kashmir to pakistan? Or does this all sound plain silly? Has the psychological warfare failed to take off in india?
Other thing is who cares what Roy or anyone else says in the press. Does she make policy now 
We are never going to have a referendum over Kashmir so its moot point what she thinks or even to a larger extent, the general public.And finally the Paks consider Kashmir as fair game. Anywhere else is off-limits, so to speak. Yes they don't have much of a word at all but thats what i've been able to glean lurking on the pak boards.
