Star of Mysore newspaper seeks apology over editorial referring one community as rotten apples
Mangaluru: Star of Mysore, an evening daily of Mysuru, has apologized on its front page on April 10, for indirectly comparing a particular community to "rotten apples" and for seemingly calling for getting “rid” of them.
There was widespread outrage about the objectionable content published in the editorial titled, “Bad apples in the basket“ on April 6. Though the name of any community was not mentioned in the article, it pointed out costume, population percentage of a community and said, "These rotten apples spoil the rest of the good apples. An ideal solution to the problem created by bad apples is to get rid of them, as the former leader of Singapore did a few decades ago or as the leadership in Israel is currently doing.” With these words, the newspaper was accused of indirectly promoting ethnic cleansing.
While KB Ganapathy is the Editor in-Chief of Star of Mysore, M Govinde Gowda is the editor of the newspaper.
There was also a demand that the editors of such provocative editorials be immediately arrested. Siddharth KJ, Manavi Atri and Maitreyi Krishnan of The Campaign for Ethical Media Reporting issued a notice to the editors of the newspaper and asked to immediately seek apology over this objectionable editorial, otherwise legal action would be taken.
On Friday, the Star of Mysore apologized on its front page. “To our readers, an apology. Following the publication of the editorial titled ‘Bad apples in the basket’ … we learn that it has hurt the feelings of some of our readers. It was mainly focused on the spread of the deadly COVID-19. If it has hurt the sentiments and feelings of our readers by our lapse in judgments, SOM sincerely regrets and apologises for the same,” the editor said in the note.
On April 6th, an editorial in an English daily called the Star of Mysore - edited by KB Ganapathy- made a Nazi style, barely camouflaged call for the genocide of Muslims in India. No action whatsoever has been taken. Just another normal day for the Indian media. pic.twitter.com/b1KGFwpJWB
— Yeh Log ! (@yehlog) April 10, 2020
On April 6th, an editorial in an English daily called the Star of Mysore - edited by KB Ganapathy- made a Nazi style, barely camouflaged call for the genocide of Muslims in India. No action whatsoever has been taken. Just another normal day for the Indian media. pic.twitter.com/b1KGFwpJWB
— Yeh Log ! (@yehlog) April 10, 2020
@DCMysuru @Star_Of_Mysore is spreading communal hatred by publishing xenophobic articles. Please take action against the chief editor and editor of the evening daily. @cjwerleman @KhaledBeydoun @UNHumanRights @RanaAyyub @ashoswai @ReallySwara @fayedsouza @SaketGokhale
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2nd WT20I: Shafali, spin trio do star turns in India''s seven-wicket win
Visakhapatnam (PTI): Shafali Verma hit a blistering unbeaten 69 as India made short work of a paltry target to outclass Sri Lanka by seven wickets in the second Women’s T20 International here on Tuesday.
India now lead the five-match series 2-0 after another one-sided victory, having restricted Sri Lanka to a modest 128 for 9 through a collective display of disciplined bowling from the spin trio of seasoned Sneh Rana, ably complemented by young spinners Vaishnavi Sharma and Shree Charani.
During the chase, vice-captain Smriti Mandhana (14) fell cheaply but Shafali, enjoying new found confidence after a stellar show in the World Cup final, sent the bowlers on a leather-hunt during her 34-ball knock, winning it for her team in just 11.5 overs.
The hosts have now completed back-to-back successful chases within 15 overs which speaks volumes about the unit's sky-high confidence.
Shafali's innings had 11 punchy boundaries apart from a maximum.
The floodgates opened when left-arm spinner Inoka Ranaweera bowled a few flighted deliveries and Shafali would step out everytime to hit her over extra cover. Her footwork against slow bowlers was immaculate whether stepping out to loft the ball or rocking back to punch or pull.
Seeing her confidence, the newly appointed Delhi Capitals skipper Jemimah Rodrigues (26 off 15 balls) also attacked as the duo added 58 runs in just 4.3 overs.
By the time Rodrigues was out trying to hit one six too many, the match as a contest was over. Shafali completed her half-century off just 27 balls and completed the formalities in a jiffy.
Earlier, off-spinner Rana, who got a look-in after Deepti Sharma was ruled out due to fever, showed her utility keeping the Lankan batters under tight leash with figures of 1 for 11 in 4 overs, including a maiden which certainly is a rarity in T20 cricket.
Charani, who made an impression during India's ODI World Cup triumph, took 2 for 23 in her quota of overs, while Vaishnavi after an impressive debut in the opening encounter, finished with 2 for 32, not letting the Islanders get easy runs in her second spell.
The last six wickets fell for just 24 runs, but what stood out during India’s bowling effort was their superb ground fielding. After a patchy show in the previous game, the improved sharpness in the field resulted in three run-outs.
Sri Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu (31 off 24 balls) looked in good nick as she deposited length deliveries from seamers Kranti Gaud and Arundhati Reddy over the ropes but it was Rana, who kept her quiet by repeatedly pitching on good length.
Unable to manoeuvre the strike and with the big hits suddenly drying up, Athapaththu chanced her arm at another delivery in which Rana had shortened the length slightly.
Not having transferred the weight into the lofted shot, Athapaththu's hoick was pouched cleanly by Amanjot Kaur at long-off.
This was after Athapaththu's opening partner Vishmi Gunaratne (1) had offered a simple return catch to Gaud.
Hasini Perera (22 off 28 balls) and Harshitha Samarawickrama (33 off 32 balls) did stitch a stand of 44 but they could never set the tempo against the Indian spin troika.
Once Hasini offered a tame return catch off a Charani full-toss, Sri Lankans never recovered and lost wickets in a heap towards the end.
