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by yumraj 2665 days ago
Personally I do feel that there is a huge and urgent need for something like this to support and share the stories of the Indian subcontinent and its diaspora in the US and elsewhere. So, in one respect I wish the founder all the success.

However, a quick glance unfortunately leads me to believe that it is going to tow the same blatantly anti-Indian bias that most, if not all, of the Western media such as NYTimes, WaPo, Economist and others possess.

For example, while the little blurb in the inkmango newsletter on Pulwama and subsequent events (https://mailchi.mp/inkmango/our-weekly-roundup-pulwama-crisi...) seems perfectly neutral and acceptable, I was rather disheartened when I saw that while CNBC and Economist were linked by their brands, "Arundhati Roy", and her vitriolic anti-Indian article was referred to by name in the link to HuffPo.

While the editor is free to take whatever approach they want to take, they will need to decide who the target audience is and whose voice does the Juggernaut wants to be.

1 comments

Hi - we're not trying to be just anti-India or anti-Pakistan, nor just pro-India or pro-Pakistan. We're trying to encompass a wide range of views. One of the reasons we linked to that article is so that our readers could read multiple viewpoints and form conclusions of their own, especially since it is a sensitive topic. Our target audience is anyone who wishes to be informed and inspired by South Asian stories — and the complexity with which they come.
I understand and I do not want you to be pro-any-country. I will appreciate it if you are indeed neutral. And, linking to HuffPo article is just fine.

I was calling out to the fact that the links are posted as:(Economist, CNBC, Arundhati Roy in HuffPo) instead of just (Economist, CNBC, HuffPo) which implies that you're giving special credence to Ms. Roy who is not a neutral reporter in any meaning of the word. Which, in turn, leads me to be a little cognizant of your biases.

Great feedback - we will definitely be more neutral in linking out in the future