It is actually a triple-header ballgame today as might be reported in Wikileaks — ACJ's Convocation, World Press Freedom Day and the second Lawrence Dana Pinkham Memorial lecture.
The ACJ has quickly acquired a formidable reputation for itself—I say this as the father of a young man who joined ACJ two years back but quickly realised that he wanted to be a don and not a scribe.
This is the 20th anniversary of the World Press Freedom Day declared by the UN General Assembly and today we renew our faith in an independent media as a pillar of an open, liberal, democratic society and reaffirm that independence, whatever be the provocation and howsoever strong be the reason provided for some regulation every now and then, especially by the electronic media. Download the complete report in pdf format here.
Source: Jairam Ramesh, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Environment & Forests, Government of India.
