Love it or hate it, Irani is one of the few ministers whose way of operating is very hands-on and this can be seen from her immediate sacking of Censor Board chief Pahlalj Nihalani and her recent promotion of Indian Film Festival, Goa.

As soon as a petition was made to her around the content of a TV show around child marriage, she intervened and without shutting show only the time slot was moved.

This hands-on style has its own merits and demerits. However, in all our cynicism let’s not forget that the situation was no less than a civil war and post the administrative failure, the government couldn’t have afforded more riots across the nation caused due to sensational reporting which was a strong possibility. When the media decides to self-regulate (rather ignore) its content on situations in areas like the North-East, Bengal and Kerala, why not cover Haryana and Punjab with caution too?

There is a very thin line between cynicism and criticism. If not acknowledged, it will only lead chaos and mistrust which does no good!

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