Comments on: The good news reporter-part 2

By: Aniket

Aniket — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 15:15:07 +0000

Suchitra,

I just happened to read your blog and found this article.

I can understand that you have felt hurt with some article in media. I will suggest that, your article was in the right spirit, so you need not worry about some stupid blog posts. Always to remember, we are in a developing country of 1.2 billion, so you will get some rubbish or garbage in blog posts and need not base your hurt from there. If you are true to yourself, and if there is only one appreciating your article, you have a reason to be happy.

On other hand, I have been reading Gayatri Jayaraman’s articles on intent blog, she does not appear like the person who will manipulate the matter for cheap headlines, in any case she has commented here and apologized unconditionally , which speaks of her conscience.

So please get over with this, you are a talent and will not be misunderstood for such things.

By: Gayatri Jayaraman

Gayatri Jayaraman — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 11:08:48 +0000

hi Suchitra,
I only just saw this post as Ive not been in touch with you for quite a while. I would like to clarify one aspect that you have missed. I did read your original blog, but you seem to forget that I called you to say I read the post and would you like to do an article about it? You agreed and spoke to me extensively over the phone. the interview was based on our telecon and not on the blog post. This was shortly after I did the piece on your making a ‘comeback’ in Aag. In my 11 years of journalism i have never been accused of misquoting anyone nor do I have the intent to.
The article was meant to be a light piece on art and appearing as it did in an entertainment supplement, Im sure not everyone who read it had the right perspective when they read it and abused that. I have also written extensively on art, and have a great rapport with people who do great works of nudes like Akbar Padamsee, and unfortunately, I did understand your point of view completely.
After the article appeared I have spoken to you several times, even if only to say hi in person at events or over text for quotes. I think its unfair of you never to have brought up your displeasure if you felt any, because I am not aware that you called our editor at the time Gauri Sinh or that she ever offered to print an apology.
If it has caused you pain, I do apologise because I hope you do realise I have always had great respect for you being a single mother and a writer myself, I do know how tough it is to keep doing that and face the world as an artist.
It hurts me deeply that after being a fellow blogger on intent, you would think i would do something like this to hurt you and would not even take it up with me and go so far as to write a story based on it.
Anyway, whats done is done, on both ends, but I do hope this clears this up and am glad that if the book helped you deal with it in a positive way then thats a plus from it.

By: Puneet

Puneet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:13:37 +0000

Though I am not a regular reader of your blog, but I do go though, occasionally.

This may sound little offensive to you.
You tried to say men has a dimension to justify their sex drives and you may try experimenting it vice versa. But eventually you found that people took, your experimenting words, as part of their pleasure.
I don’t meant to offend you here, rather showing the support of the world.

The obvious question would had been the right solution.
Ignorance, which females had been doing or a protest which mostly end up with nothing.

I don’t have anything in concrete here to say.

By: The Spectacled

The Spectacled — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:05:00 +0000

Venkat,
Suchitra wouldn’t comment about such things for the fear of her head getting blown off

I do not know if its a mere coincidence that most book launches are accompanied always by some controversy especially the mediocre ones.

By: Venkat

Venkat — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:19:46 +0000

right..so what does the good news reporter think of the bal thackeray’s of this world mm?

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By: anon

anon — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:13:54 +0000

Phew.
Hats off for getting a book out of this.
For perspective, for stepping back , for the larger picture.

I would have raged.

By: Sidharth

Sidharth — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:55:43 +0000

I love what you say abour media being the sixth sense. So true
never thought about it that way

By: Sidharth

Sidharth — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:53:56 +0000

About a month ago i saw you on Tv when you were accused wrongly of employing a minor in your house
You said you dont know why and how you have been dragged into this but hope that something good will come out of it
I found those words very inspirational
I am glad you dealt with this painting nude men scandal in a creative and contructive way too…i look forward to reading your book

By: anon

anon — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:43:18 +0000

The journo never really spun tales here. What she said was factual. Its just the way it all was packaged, what was highlighted, what was repeated and what was omitted, that gave it a spin. All to cater to her readers ofcourse. Pen definitely is mightier , it can kill without anyone being wiser and even if one is, able to do nothing about it, not able to ‘prove’ anything. Things that go into that safe domain of ‘intention’.

Aside from that, beauty of female form and just the form (devoid of soul, expressions) captivates all, irrespective of gender. The male form , now can that be called beautiful, aesthetic?? whichever angle, whichever part ?:-)