This is another (truly shocking) example of a “blind” media…
I first read about this shortly after RC put it on his blog last December, “A statue story from the south”  (must read)
As he wrote (at that time), “Due to the absence of coverage in the mainstream english media (CNN-IBN is running yet another headline about who is greater King Khan or Big Bee). Here is a compilation from the vernacular print media about the recent events in the state of Tamilnadu.  This time it has nothing to do with Dalits like in …

Came across two separate posts recently that share one thing in common – both were stories that were largely missed by mainstream media…and that is probably the single most important reason why they deserve wider publicity.
Remembering Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru:
In his post, “Remembering Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev and Rajguru“, Apollo writes,
“Today, is the 76th anniversary of the martyrdom of Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev. They were hanged on March 23, 1931 on flimsy, cooked up charges by the British colonial rulers. While they were interred in Lahore Jail during the period of their sham …