Early Times Report
Jammu, Mar 28: Director of the Kashmir Files film, Vivek Agnihotri, has announced scholarship worth Rs. 15 lakh to 5 students of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and Communications. Announcing the same, Vivek said, "I Am Buddha Foundation (which is run by him and Pallavi Joshi) will be giving five scholarships of Rs. 15 lakh to 5 students of Makhanlal Chaturvedi National University of Journalism and communication, Bhopal. Out of these 5 scholarships 3 will be given to girl students.” Talking about the same, Pallavi Joshi said, “We have been doing a lot of nation-building work especially with the youth of India. The success of The Kashmir Files has empowered us to fulfill our dream of empowering creative young people, specifically from Kashmir."
An analyst while talking to Early Times said, “Agnihotri is investing in journalism scholarships in a wrong place. There is no scope for journalism in Jammu and Kashmir, where there is no freedom of press. If any media organization doesn’t toe government’s line, it’s punished.”
He said, “J&K is not the place where journalism can grow. Here the government blocks advertisements for siding with the truth.”
An observer said, “Agnihotri should look for some other place to invest in journalism. This place is not worth investing in journalism.”
It may be recalled that team of Press Council of India that visited J&K recently stated that “Press is being stifled in the Union Territory” and journalists are under tremendous pressure. |
