NEW DELHI: In an oblique reference to the controversial BBC documentariesVice president Jagdeep Dhankhar he said Wednesday that there is a need to “effectively counter the falsified narratives” that threaten to burn out The story of India’s growth.
The vice president was interacting with a group of Indian Information Service trainees where he stressed the need to remain “always vigilant and vigilant” as things have a tendency to go viral in a split second these days.
“Regardless of situations it may be manipulated, it may not be fully analyzed and, therefore, there has grown a vicious tendency particularly among the so-called intelligentsia in our country that everything that comes from the outside is sanctified, elevated coming from minds that must be respected. We have to question that,” Dhankhar said.
Referring to junior officers as the “true protectors of democracy and nationalism,” Dhankhar pointed to “information downloading” as “another way of invasion” that required bold and effective neutralization mechanisms.
The vice president also said officers no longer had the luxury of a delayed response and added that a “false narrative” to bring down a country cannot be used in the name of freedom of expression.
“How come the Indian mind immediately absorbs something, it doesn’t analyze – what if you compare the vicious mechanism designed to float a narrative with the story of this country’s growth all in the name of freedom of expression… Freedom of expression is precious, inalienable and no country in the world has complied more than what we have in this country and that is why when we have that dark chapter of Emergency, the darkest chapter of Indian history and that was the time when even judiciary was in discussion,” Dhankhar said.
While the vice president made no direct reference to the British broadcaster or the controversial content of the two-part documentary series on the 2002 Gujarat riots, he made it abundantly clear that the “narrative” needs correction.
“Everything can be whitewashed…if you are not vigilant…Over the last decade or so, a narrative has been presented by a global news house…Now if India is on the rise, sinister designs they are there to float a narrative through the free fall of information. We must be vigilant. This is another way of invasion. We must neutralize it with courage. We must calm the spirit of nationalism within us… We cannot allow the free fall of manipulated narratives to tell our story of growth on so-called reputation,” added the vice president.
Dhankar also said, “Examine and you will find that those reputations are not firm. Those reputations have failed mankind, in recent years.”
The vice president was interacting with a group of Indian Information Service trainees where he stressed the need to remain “always vigilant and vigilant” as things have a tendency to go viral in a split second these days.
“Regardless of situations it may be manipulated, it may not be fully analyzed and, therefore, there has grown a vicious tendency particularly among the so-called intelligentsia in our country that everything that comes from the outside is sanctified, elevated coming from minds that must be respected. We have to question that,” Dhankhar said.
Referring to junior officers as the “true protectors of democracy and nationalism,” Dhankhar pointed to “information downloading” as “another way of invasion” that required bold and effective neutralization mechanisms.
The vice president also said officers no longer had the luxury of a delayed response and added that a “false narrative” to bring down a country cannot be used in the name of freedom of expression.
“How come the Indian mind immediately absorbs something, it doesn’t analyze – what if you compare the vicious mechanism designed to float a narrative with the story of this country’s growth all in the name of freedom of expression… Freedom of expression is precious, inalienable and no country in the world has complied more than what we have in this country and that is why when we have that dark chapter of Emergency, the darkest chapter of Indian history and that was the time when even judiciary was in discussion,” Dhankhar said.
While the vice president made no direct reference to the British broadcaster or the controversial content of the two-part documentary series on the 2002 Gujarat riots, he made it abundantly clear that the “narrative” needs correction.
“Everything can be whitewashed…if you are not vigilant…Over the last decade or so, a narrative has been presented by a global news house…Now if India is on the rise, sinister designs they are there to float a narrative through the free fall of information. We must be vigilant. This is another way of invasion. We must neutralize it with courage. We must calm the spirit of nationalism within us… We cannot allow the free fall of manipulated narratives to tell our story of growth on so-called reputation,” added the vice president.
Dhankar also said, “Examine and you will find that those reputations are not firm. Those reputations have failed mankind, in recent years.”
