Thanks Husky. Now that we are talking about Chritianism, West and Indic Journalists... here is this lady called Jennifer Arul of NDTV..so I did some googling on her...
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Talking of activists, three days before I left Chennai I met John Dayal, the editor of the mid-day newpaper, based in Delhi. He has involved himself in the United Christian Council which is, currently involved in telling Christians about various anti-Christian activities around India, activities which, as a journalist, he obviously is privy to. We are due to have our general elections during the month of September and, the information he gave at that meeting was most valuable. I heard him and I also saw the reaction from the 600 organisations that were represented.
I stood back and realised what a valuable contribution this journalist was making. A committed Catholic, all John was doing was parting with inside information on atrocities that are committed against fellow Christians. Everything he said was backed up by hard, cold facts!
In the past twelve months I have had three different families come into our office in deep distress. Parents of one young woman were distraught. Their young daughter had been murdered by her in-laws, in much the same way as Parvati, whom I spoke about earlier. Well I told the story and then went over to the police authorities who had, until then, totally neglected the whole case. We went to the girls' in-laws and, as usually happens, they denied everything. We kept at it and the sum total is that there has been a conviction.
Gradually, at least in Chennai city, the incidents of sexual harassment, or "Eve-teasing" -- the word that we often use -- have begun to come down. Since the start of this year there have been 560 cases as against 1,200 for the same period last year. Women and their issues are important to me as a Christian.
But there are also the stories of hope that we can tell, the stories that speak of honesty and goodness, qualities that seem to be vanishing before our very yes. I recently met a 99-year-old bishop. We interviewed him about his life, and, sitting right up, next to him with the camera registering every line on his face, I saw his eyes fill with tears. He was saying how he still felt strong enough to work. "What work would you do, Your Grace?" I prodded him. He answered me, in utmost simplicity. "Anything.anything..anything for God. I feel strong enough to do even manual work." This from an old man who was shuffling around his room and needed help much of the time.
I for one, strongly believe that although I call this my chosen profession, I believe it is also my calling. No matter how dark or gloomy the path may seem at times, it is my duty to light a candle of commitment to the truth of what I report. We, who work for organisations that give us the power to report the story, and to report it truthfully and without bias, must be persistent and dedicated enough to delve, to drive and dig deep into the issues that threaten any of our fellow human beings or any community.
Instead of merely scratching the surface, we need to mine for the truth, so that we can awaken a movement for truth. A movement that will generate the triumph of the spirit. We need no charter. All that we need is a solemn personal affirmation that each in his or her own way will function as unfettered ambassadors of truth so that, at the end of the day, we will make our contribution to influence a beginning for change. I know it's not easy, but I sincerely want to keep trying. I am ready. Are you ready too? Christian media persons like ourselves have to use the power we have to influence. We have to light a candle. No, let all of us together light a fire!
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Above is from a speech of none other than Jennifer Arul the much celebrated light of NDTV spilling the beans at an international conference in England in 1999.
On another site from an Interview:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi Television (NDTV) reporter Jennifer Arul, who has <b>made a name for herself by fighting against violence in the caste system</b>
<b>âDowry deathsâ are a by-product of arranged marriages, which are still prevalent in Indian culture.</b>Â Historically, the groomâs family will ask for a dowry from the bride to cement their union. However, as Arul pointed out in her speech, the groomâs family often demands more than the original dowry. When the brideâs family can give no more, the groom may have the bride killed to punish her family.
As a television reporter for New Delhi Television (NDTV), one of Indiaâs leading news organizations, Arul has chosen to focus on reporting stories of the downtrodden and abused instead of covering front-page, hard-news stories.
In addition to speaking on the effects of dowry deaths in India, Arul addressed the <b>deeper, personal reasons why she feels the need to use her Christian faith as a basis for the type of work she does in a predominantly non-Christian country.</b>
âI think that we should use our Christian faith to help people speak out and tell the truth,â says Arul. âIn that process, I think that we all, every single one of us, have fulfilled our calling, whatever that calling may be.â
<b>Arul unashamedly wears a cross necklace at all times around her neck, and makes sure it is visible when she reports.</b> Because she feels that it is virtually impossible to separate personal values from reporting, Arul openly reveals her beliefs.
<span style='color:red'>âAs a journalist, you canât remain uninvolved,â Arul said. âIf I can bring this little Christian twist to my story, Iâll do it.â </span>
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Some other speeches she gave on different occasions abroad:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chapel Address by Jennifer Arul, New Delhi TV:
The Calling of the Christian Journalist: Bringing Injustice to Light
The Christian Journalist as Change Agent
Journalism Through the Eyes of Faith
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some more gems from the lady:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In a nation <span style='color:red'>where Christians are in a minority, the responsibility of telling the truth is much, much greater than if one is operating in a largely Christian framework.</span>
There are many tempting options for a Christian journalist â¦and all of us here have been tempted I daresay⦠to cover the more exciting story, the more sensational one.
Sometimes one is accused of inciting violence and not promoting religious tolerance and I donât know if there is anyone here who has been subjected to that. But if a Church is desecrated or nuns raped and murdered can we, or rather should we remain silent? No indeed. We have a moral commitment to bring that story or issue to the surface, no matter what it takes.
<b>Do we believe we are journalists first and foremost and only then does the Christian label get tagged on?</b> Its a tricky question and one that needs thinking about. As for me I believe that being a Christian journalist puts me in a uniquely privileged position to bring <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>the truth, as I see it, to my 375 million viewers who are of course the Public Square.</span>
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NDTV Ltd is all set to launch two non-news channels and a second local news channel by the end of this year.
NDTV Metronation Chennai will also take up development and civic issues affecting the people of Chennai. âWe are launching this channel <span style='color:red'>in partnership with the The Hindu Group.</span> We are in the process of finalising the name of the channel.â <span style='color:red'>Jennifer Arul has been made the Managing Editor</span> of this new channel.
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Now, the money trail will not be too far.... Here probably is one front in sight...
This INR 16 Crore company, called Advent Software, Based in Chennai, does not apparently do any thing worth the mention, if its website is any indication.
And, well, its Director is a certain Mr. Michael Arul (apparently the husband of Mrs. Jennifer Arul).
According to the Market history, the company made nothing substancial in the last many years of its existance, if their P/L sheet is any indication...
Above all, any sane person will find Its P/L totally screwed considering it is for a Software company -- one third expenditure is miscellaneous!
And yet, it is a 100% EOU, it seems (which generally means tax holiday for years, depends upon which state though, not sure abt TN), and making a very decent top line - about 9 Crores per year for last couple of years...(as per the data available on MoneyControl.com)
And 100% EOU (Export Oriented Unit) in any case raises alarms ...
Auditors? Guess Guess, another Christ company... "Pratapkaran Paul & Co"
And by the way, the name 'Advent' itself rings something?
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Talking of activists, three days before I left Chennai I met John Dayal, the editor of the mid-day newpaper, based in Delhi. He has involved himself in the United Christian Council which is, currently involved in telling Christians about various anti-Christian activities around India, activities which, as a journalist, he obviously is privy to. We are due to have our general elections during the month of September and, the information he gave at that meeting was most valuable. I heard him and I also saw the reaction from the 600 organisations that were represented.
I stood back and realised what a valuable contribution this journalist was making. A committed Catholic, all John was doing was parting with inside information on atrocities that are committed against fellow Christians. Everything he said was backed up by hard, cold facts!
In the past twelve months I have had three different families come into our office in deep distress. Parents of one young woman were distraught. Their young daughter had been murdered by her in-laws, in much the same way as Parvati, whom I spoke about earlier. Well I told the story and then went over to the police authorities who had, until then, totally neglected the whole case. We went to the girls' in-laws and, as usually happens, they denied everything. We kept at it and the sum total is that there has been a conviction.
Gradually, at least in Chennai city, the incidents of sexual harassment, or "Eve-teasing" -- the word that we often use -- have begun to come down. Since the start of this year there have been 560 cases as against 1,200 for the same period last year. Women and their issues are important to me as a Christian.
But there are also the stories of hope that we can tell, the stories that speak of honesty and goodness, qualities that seem to be vanishing before our very yes. I recently met a 99-year-old bishop. We interviewed him about his life, and, sitting right up, next to him with the camera registering every line on his face, I saw his eyes fill with tears. He was saying how he still felt strong enough to work. "What work would you do, Your Grace?" I prodded him. He answered me, in utmost simplicity. "Anything.anything..anything for God. I feel strong enough to do even manual work." This from an old man who was shuffling around his room and needed help much of the time.
I for one, strongly believe that although I call this my chosen profession, I believe it is also my calling. No matter how dark or gloomy the path may seem at times, it is my duty to light a candle of commitment to the truth of what I report. We, who work for organisations that give us the power to report the story, and to report it truthfully and without bias, must be persistent and dedicated enough to delve, to drive and dig deep into the issues that threaten any of our fellow human beings or any community.
Instead of merely scratching the surface, we need to mine for the truth, so that we can awaken a movement for truth. A movement that will generate the triumph of the spirit. We need no charter. All that we need is a solemn personal affirmation that each in his or her own way will function as unfettered ambassadors of truth so that, at the end of the day, we will make our contribution to influence a beginning for change. I know it's not easy, but I sincerely want to keep trying. I am ready. Are you ready too? Christian media persons like ourselves have to use the power we have to influence. We have to light a candle. No, let all of us together light a fire!
link
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Above is from a speech of none other than Jennifer Arul the much celebrated light of NDTV spilling the beans at an international conference in England in 1999.
On another site from an Interview:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->New Delhi Television (NDTV) reporter Jennifer Arul, who has <b>made a name for herself by fighting against violence in the caste system</b>
<b>âDowry deathsâ are a by-product of arranged marriages, which are still prevalent in Indian culture.</b>Â Historically, the groomâs family will ask for a dowry from the bride to cement their union. However, as Arul pointed out in her speech, the groomâs family often demands more than the original dowry. When the brideâs family can give no more, the groom may have the bride killed to punish her family.
As a television reporter for New Delhi Television (NDTV), one of Indiaâs leading news organizations, Arul has chosen to focus on reporting stories of the downtrodden and abused instead of covering front-page, hard-news stories.
In addition to speaking on the effects of dowry deaths in India, Arul addressed the <b>deeper, personal reasons why she feels the need to use her Christian faith as a basis for the type of work she does in a predominantly non-Christian country.</b>
âI think that we should use our Christian faith to help people speak out and tell the truth,â says Arul. âIn that process, I think that we all, every single one of us, have fulfilled our calling, whatever that calling may be.â
<b>Arul unashamedly wears a cross necklace at all times around her neck, and makes sure it is visible when she reports.</b> Because she feels that it is virtually impossible to separate personal values from reporting, Arul openly reveals her beliefs.
<span style='color:red'>âAs a journalist, you canât remain uninvolved,â Arul said. âIf I can bring this little Christian twist to my story, Iâll do it.â </span>
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Some other speeches she gave on different occasions abroad:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Chapel Address by Jennifer Arul, New Delhi TV:
The Calling of the Christian Journalist: Bringing Injustice to Light
The Christian Journalist as Change Agent
Journalism Through the Eyes of Faith
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
some more gems from the lady:
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->In a nation <span style='color:red'>where Christians are in a minority, the responsibility of telling the truth is much, much greater than if one is operating in a largely Christian framework.</span>
There are many tempting options for a Christian journalist â¦and all of us here have been tempted I daresay⦠to cover the more exciting story, the more sensational one.
Sometimes one is accused of inciting violence and not promoting religious tolerance and I donât know if there is anyone here who has been subjected to that. But if a Church is desecrated or nuns raped and murdered can we, or rather should we remain silent? No indeed. We have a moral commitment to bring that story or issue to the surface, no matter what it takes.
<b>Do we believe we are journalists first and foremost and only then does the Christian label get tagged on?</b> Its a tricky question and one that needs thinking about. As for me I believe that being a Christian journalist puts me in a uniquely privileged position to bring <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>the truth, as I see it, to my 375 million viewers who are of course the Public Square.</span>
http://www.ocrpl.org/?p=24
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->NDTV Ltd is all set to launch two non-news channels and a second local news channel by the end of this year.
NDTV Metronation Chennai will also take up development and civic issues affecting the people of Chennai. âWe are launching this channel <span style='color:red'>in partnership with the The Hindu Group.</span> We are in the process of finalising the name of the channel.â <span style='color:red'>Jennifer Arul has been made the Managing Editor</span> of this new channel.
<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Now, the money trail will not be too far.... Here probably is one front in sight...
This INR 16 Crore company, called Advent Software, Based in Chennai, does not apparently do any thing worth the mention, if its website is any indication.
And, well, its Director is a certain Mr. Michael Arul (apparently the husband of Mrs. Jennifer Arul).
According to the Market history, the company made nothing substancial in the last many years of its existance, if their P/L sheet is any indication...
Above all, any sane person will find Its P/L totally screwed considering it is for a Software company -- one third expenditure is miscellaneous!
And yet, it is a 100% EOU, it seems (which generally means tax holiday for years, depends upon which state though, not sure abt TN), and making a very decent top line - about 9 Crores per year for last couple of years...(as per the data available on MoneyControl.com)
And 100% EOU (Export Oriented Unit) in any case raises alarms ...
Auditors? Guess Guess, another Christ company... "Pratapkaran Paul & Co"
And by the way, the name 'Advent' itself rings something?