In (The Indian Express founder) Ramnathjis case, who were the defenders? So if a stimulus is required, go in for that. by. Shourie was spotted by Ramnath Goenka, the legendary founder of The Indian Express. ARUN SHOURIE: The appointment of the foreign minister (S Jaishankar) was a wonderful idea of Mr Modi. In the 1970s, he threw up a good position at the World Bank to return to India at a time when his more ambitious contemporaries were leaving. asthe son of the Punjabi couple Hari DevShourie and Dayawanti Devasher. Similarly, for the inflation rate, I dont think its a wonderful thing for the RBI to just keep sticking out the number and twist all policies to accord with that particular number. 08:30 am Author Arun Shourie. You cant do it overnight. The same thing happened to migrants But could the PM and his secretariat not have foreseen this? He recognised his talent, drive and dedication, even as he sometimes wondered whether the racehorse he had hired would wreck his paper. According to Martha Nussbaum, the traits of his writings are: .mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 40px}.mw-parser-output .templatequote .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;padding-left:1.6em;margin-top:0}, recognisably the creation of a smart, determined, muckraking journalist, They are polemical, ad hominem, often extremely shrill in tone. Even if murder has been going on for a long time, that does not justify my murdering anybody today. But he speaks only syllable by syllable," Shourie, 69, says in his book. He worked there for 6 years and resigned in 1983 to join India Today as a reporter. For instance, the lies on social media or Republic TV. Adit's pain and that of the aut. Jha has blamed Shourie of misinterpreting his writings and making wrong accusation of plagiarism against him. The heart-rending, and unending, paradox is this: While we have the zest and vitality to live, we belittle life. And then I only crystallised that evidence. Journalist, politician, and author Arun Shourie has worn many masks. I was able to do all that without the thought of appearing before anybody I dont mind that at all. Some of his envious colleagues dubbed his writings more in the style of a pamphleteer or a lawyers brief than a newspaper article, but his aim was to make a watertight case. 54.82.85.58 "How does it matter," he asks, "If I am sacked, say, from The Indian Express, and my tongue is plucked out of me? Since the spoon he raises to his mouth tends to veer off past his mouth, a bendable spoon would help. The relationship between Shourie and his proprietor was both close and stormy. ARUN SHOURIE: There are two very distinct ways. We fight and bite. The government has in the foreign minister an experienced diplomat who possibly knows what is happening. Here a few take-aways/main themes/ideas from the book: The wheels of justice grind slow, but they grind exceedingly fine? However, he has been at odds with the Modi-led BJP and has emerged as one of its most vociferous critics. In January 1979, Goenka selected Arun Shourie as executive editor giving him the power of attorney to do with it as he saw right. The book makes for a fascinating read since, with his puckish sense of humour and sharp insight, the author brings out vividly the many idiosyncrasies and behind-the-scenes happenings in governments of the day. Dark secrets of the sewers of Harappa, CM visits Shivneri on Shivaji Maharaj birth anniversary, Terms of Use and Grievance Redressal Policy. Who can disagree with Arun here? Before last years general election, he would prepare briefing papers for Narendra Modi and go to Ahmedabad to discuss them. The number of people living in abject poverty has not been diminished in spite of 25 years of development effort the controls and programs which were instituted to channel benefits to the poor have in fact ensured them for the rich and the powerful.. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7c06cbd72f5f3b50 He is wearing a hat and mittens, ready to be taken out for a walk. "Now he is welcomed in restaurants. When Arun Shourie, scholar, author, economist, journalist, and former union minister approached the Supreme Court charging the Narendra Modi Government of irregularities in the Rafale aircraft deal, readers familiar with Shourie were shocked. You will be led. He was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1982 Then governance comes by revelation. Why should I mind? Former Justice (J S) Verma, who was the author of the collegium system, had said that it has become a bargaining place On the other hand, if you give the Executive, like the current assertive one, greater authority, you will have an even more disastrous judiciary. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. It is a myth that you are more efficient under an emperor: Coomi Kapoor. Shourie enjoys pursuing the facts wherever they may lead him, even when his logic causes outrage. (Illustration: Suvajit Dey) VANDITA MISHRA: In your latest book, Preparing for Death, there are two strands of renunciation. He created a fame as an intelligent, fearless writer and editor who conducted a movement for freedom of the press, uncovered corruption and defended civil rights such that, in the words of Martha Nussbaum, "his dedication to the truth has won admiration throughout the political spectrum". I tremble to write about such things, Arun; but I do so because I love you as a brother not given to me. As he is a politician, writer, and journalist so his net worth depends upon his published book, a s sets etc. This, he warns, is what the Auschwitz survivor, the psychiatrist Viktor Frankl, termed "the delusion of reprieve", seen in captives who convince themselves, on the thinnest wisp of hope, that, somehow, they will be selected to live. Why dont we do it ourselves?" He said, "the son of man has come to suffer and to die for others," and then he said, "The son of man has come, not to be served, but to serve" Spiritually suffering and service, as Arun emphasises, are inseparable. Growth is a besieged deity, was the opening sentence. "You are the one, who brought misery into our home. If they dont listen to the truth as you are portraying it, they will pay for it. Can gay marriage be part of Hindu cultu Can gay marriage be part of Hindu culture? Even painless delivery is a medical deception. He distances himself from all public activity in the end But where these two things come together is that it was not a renunciation of external things but, for instance, of the ego. (HarperCollins). I am not sure of the extent to which he is listened to Secondly, its very good that the CDS (Chief of Defence Staff) has been created. But I dont want to discuss the person who has been selected. No, Arun; it is for our sake as well; especially, for the sake of all those who have reached the threshold of the temple of ageing from where you speak today. Supreme Court can grant divorce on grounds of irretrievable breakdown o Centre blocks 14 mobile apps used by terrorists, their supporters in J&K. The father shouts at the child, curses him. Do you feel that is the case on China? Shourie remains calm, avoiding the sort of rage, resentment and bitterness that can overcome parents with special needs children. Much stronger. Arun Shourie - The World of Fatwas Or The Sharia in Action (2012, Harper Collins) To begin with, the rulings of the jurists show that the husband has the total, absolute, unbridled power to tell his wife, 'Unless you do "X",' or, in the alternate, 'Unless you refrain from doing "Y",' 'you are divorced'. Critics of Shourie who view him as a hypocrite, a betrayer, a sour man angry not to have been given a job in government, may underestimate his obstinacy. It reveals a different side to a man who is often accused of being strident and controversial in his political writings, one that many Indians will be unfamiliar with: a tender, devoted and infinitely gentle father who has thought deeply about his sons suffering. he asks. We prefer trinkets to truth. As a cabinet minister overseeing information and technology, Shourie campaigned on behalf of improved access for the disabled, efforts that were abandoned by his successors after he left office in 2004. Obscenity over the Internet ? Soon the stiffness developed into tremors; eventually she was diagnosed with having developed Parkinson's disease. They keep their personal battles and emotional agonies private. Tell them the truth. He was honoured with the Padma Bhushan by the UPA Government in 2009 for his contribution to journalism. But no one can feign to not know how prodigious your suffering is. So people may fool themselves and then pay for the consequences. But on the question of stimulus packages and so on, I personally have never been enamoured of a number in government policymaking. And that capacity is lacking, because of the general weakening of the governmental system and its inability or unwillingness to be seen as harnessing the entrepreneurial and managerial talent in the private sector. According to Jha, Shourie's thought expressed in the book Eminent Historians, which concerned the NCERT argument, contains "slander" and "has nothing to do with history. He shared his life experiences in the 2011-book Does He Know a Mother's Heart: How Suffering Refutes Religion. Soon after the incident, Anita began to feel peculiar sensations on her left side. 'Frenny and Other Women You Have Met': New book celebrates 'non-working' Condolences pour in for Tarek Fatah, the Pakistani-Canadian journalist wh Oxford Bookstore announces Art Book Prize longlist. [23], With the exception of Mahatma Gandhi, he has little time for any religious thinker and, says Nussbaum, his books "nowhere seek to provide balance; nowhere is there a sense of complexity. I would not have fitted in. Shourie speaks fondly of his mother-in-law, Maltiji, who looked after Aditya for 25 years despite her crippling arthritis. I have a son, who cannot speak." His wife, Neelam Jolly, owns and runs an NGO, Vishwas, which is supported by a lot of renowned people in the media industry such as Arun Shourie, Lord Meghnad Desai, among many more. But those, too, were part of the fleeting vanities of life. If you had what (former US President Abraham) Lincoln called a team of rivals, then you would be hearing more. Shourie, who held portfolios like disinvestment, commerce and industry and communications in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) regime (1999-2004), has written at least 20 books, dealing with issues such as Indian law and polity, national security, religion, economics, and journalism. For dealing with life and what it sends us, the Buddha's position is the most helpful, the writer suggests. 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You may think, absorbed as you are with being a caring husband and father that you are trying to be strong only for your family's sake. Far too often I think there is only suffering in God's heart; for God is love. "Thats why I cant understand the way Indian families are portrayed in television soap operas the scheming mother-in-law and the devious daughter-in-law. As a reporter at the Express at that time, I was one of those fortunate ones to benefit from the changes he brought about. (Express archive photo by Sunil Saxena 28.10.1995), Frenny and Other Women You Have Met: New book celebrates non-working women, their struggles, Vineet Gills Here and Hereafter is a deep dive into the pioneering work of Nirmal Verma, In A Resurgent Northeast Narratives of Change, bureaucrat Ashish Kundra offers a nuanced and forward-looking account of Northeast 2.0, A Parsi could belong to any religion or none: Coomi Kapoor, https://images.indianexpress.com/2020/08/1x1.png. Though trained as an economist, he left an indelible mark on Indian journalism with his insightful, well-researched crusading campaigns which, at times, changed the course of politics; brought about new legislation and focused public attention on governmental corruption. I dont think I would have lasted 15 days if I had been inside the regime because there is a character to the regime. All these are synonyms for the abating of evil. For instance, the deficit should not exceed 3.3 or 4 per cent of the GDP. This was because the readers felt that it was not just their (the medias) voice which is being choked, my voice is being choked. If the coronavirus were to just disappear tomorrow, I think our behaviour will revert to the past I think of myself as a realist, as a person who sees things in front of him and does not want to turn his gaze away. [14] In January 1979, Goenka appointed Shourie as executive editor of the newspaper, giving him a carte blanche to do with it as he saw fit. I had lost intellectual interest. 'I can no longer escape my nightmares', is Andrew Tate hinting at having panic attacks? But the one thing that suffering has done for me is to break the walls of my self-enclosed existence and help me discover a wider family. One is a steady distancing from the external world. Not much is known about his family other than the fact that his father was a government employee. How can we separate suffering from love? After all, in Mr (PM Narendra) Modis case, he was not elected to continue, he was supposed to change things. Shourie had studied in India before going abroad in the early 1960s. Book reviews, festivals and all things literary. Had I sat and listened to this video with my eyes closed, I would have thought I was listening to a spiritual thinker, who has pondered over human suffering for decades. He has written over twenty-five bestselling books.. Arun Shourie has written several books. They repeatedly demonstrate their capability to do so. What led to the violence in Manipurs Churachandpur before CM N Biren Singhs visit? Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. [11] [1], He was nominated from the state of Uttar Pradesh as a BJP representative for two successive tenures in the Rajya Sabha, thus being a Member of Parliament for 19982004 and 20042010. Shourie also provided a personal surety of Rs.2 lakh bail bond. Nalini Singh's brother, Arun Shourie . Situations change and we should not be stuck on a particular number. ARUN SHOURIE: I think this regime is the ripening of things which have been happening for 40 years. Minimum government, maximum governance is just a slogan., Is Shourie being disingenuous when he criticizes the provocative statements and silences of BJP leaders in the run-up to the Bihar elections? When Shourie asked her what purpose it could serve since Aditya was never going to use it, she replied: "But just see his sense of achievement when he gets the answer right.". He joined hands with Arun Shourie Indian Express chairman Ramnath Goenka for a crusade against Dhirubhai Ambani's Reliance Industries. [25], Arun Shourie has written numerous books. In the temple of suffering, we are fellow worshippers. I can't pretend that I know what you go through. But those sitting as law ministers today were supposed to reverse course. You will not lead. And the way the Supreme Court has been conducting itself in many cases and the sense of their priorities They can find time for Arnab Goswami or (late actor) Sushant Singh Rajput, but not for Kashmir or migrants? When I ask him if differences of opinion are ever an issue with his brother-in-law Suman Dubey, a friend and advisor to first Rajiv and then Sonia Gandhi, he answers: Theyre absolutely irrelevant. We were in Washington when he was born and had never been through this experience of having a child. Heres how they look, Ludhiana: Woman, husband, 2 others arrested for lovers murder, Pravin Thipsay writes: Ding has given a new dimension to competitive chess, 7 local AAP leaders arrested for extortion, trespassing in Khanna, Three Maoists shot dead in Gadchiroli encounter: Police, Mevani seeks for SIT probe into death of Dalit woman in Mehsana, Yashasvi Jaiswal marks 1000th IPL game with a maiden league ton, Justice for Indias daughters more important than Asian Games medal: Bajrang Punia, WATCH: Rohit Sharma, Sanju Samson, Sachin Tendulkar and Kumar Sangakkara receive mementos ahead of 1000th IPL game. Why would I not have been thrown out? There is a view about the type of person who should be there. ARUN SHOURIE: No, it all depends upon working at it. Every setback, like every success, is an opportunity to examine our own mind. A woman came up to me at an airport and I thought she was going to talk the usual things about government. So, we should be humble. Or when it became visible, could they not have acted? We are in his office in Delhi, which is decorated with original cartoons, including one of Indira Gandhi riding a tiger while reading a paper saying Emergency Powers; in the second frame, the tiger looks fatter and the prime minister has disappeared. And that set a precedent that if you dont do what I want you to do, I will act accordingly I have always felt that more trees are brought down by termites slowly hollowing them out, rather than by the axe. It was a terrible month. A profile on the media's lone crusader and his work. He is unsparing in his criticism of the system, but provides a valuable insight into the problems of the system, which we sometimes overlook (as we are too involved into the system). Arun Shourie 33 books249 followers Indian economist, journalist, author and politician. India's No. And why have journalists missed the trend? It was a great opportunity to implement the ideas I had written about in the 1960s. And this has happened time and again. He cannot stand, he cannot use his right arm. Do you believe the crisis that we are in is going to leave us with something precious and beautiful? Today, the RSS middle leadership has been completely co-opted by the government apparatus. His idea of development is to have a few large projects like the Sardar Patel statue, which turns out to be made in China, or a bullet train from Ahmedabad to Mumbai, rather than spend that money to improve the speed of all trains in India by 15 mph. "There must be some reason God has done this," he says. Needless to state, it is not a pretty picture that we see. If and when science overcomes suffering, it would cease to be worth living as human beings thereafter. It is to look at ourselves and get to know the mind better. Book Review : Anita Gets Bail by ArunShourie, Follow Rahul's IAS The Official Blog on WordPress.com. SHUBHAJIT ROY: So what is the way forward? The other is renunciation through immersion in it. VANDITA MISHRA: Do you feel let down by this regime? We are nobody. [19], Shourie was among many who objected to The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Divorce) Act 1986, which the government headed by Rajiv Gandhi proposed to alleviate communal violence and retain Muslim votes. Every six months you are giving a Rs 1 lakh crore figure and nothing happens.
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