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On Intolerance and Media

What does the Hyena say? Intolerance needs interlude. Media needs regulation. India needs a sense of humour. By Vikram Grewal Nations mostly need education, healthcare, agricultural and industrial growth, employment and several others of these ‘socio-economic-political’ nuggets to develop. India currently, apart from these vital entities, needs a sense of humour. Although the Indian society is in dearth of the said virtue since a very long time, the grave need has been exacerbated by the ‘intolerance fiasco’ it has been engulfed by. Intolerance became the most ‘googled’ word online in India- which isn’t the issue. Getting the usual meaning ‘unwillingness to accept views, beliefs or behaviour that differ from one’s own,’ and still not realizing it- is the issue at hand! Several so called ‘nationalist’ social groups might have appended ‘use of violent means to make them accept your views’ to their understanding of the buzzword. An even greater issue came up: that ...