Vice President C P Radhakrishnan at Ramnath Goenka Awards. (Express Photo)
Vice President C P Radhakrishnan Friday said that the nation “should consciously shed the colonial hangover,” during his keynote address at the 20th edition of the Ramnath Goenka Awards in New Delhi.
Radhakrishnan said that the country should not be guided by Western-colonial standards of morality, echoing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call last year: “Our mindset is still influenced mostly by the colonial rule or western thinking. Especially, the newspapers should come out of it. We should have our own original thinking. We should know what is right and what is wrong for entire humanity.”
Answering a key thematic question raised during the event — “what is true journalism?” — the Vice President said that it involves publishing the truth in an age when two diametrically opposite statements often appear side by side claiming to represent the truth, as he outlined the challenges of journalism.
Radhakrishnan said the only way leaders and statesmen can be constructive is when news outlets publish information without distortion from political viewpoints, adding that media houses should refrain from sharing “wrong” views.
The country’s most prestigious journalism honour, the awards were instituted by the Ramnath Goenka Foundation. This year, the winners will receive the awards from. The Vice President handed out the awards to the winners of this year’s edition.
The awards showcase 24 outstanding contributions from print, digital and broadcast platforms from across 18 categories, including investigative reporting, politics and government, feature writing.
A short film chronicling the journey of the founder of The Indian Express Ramnath Goenka was also screened during the occasion in New Delhi.
(This is a developing story)
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