THE HINDU QUOTES

 It takes strong personalities to popularise an idea, but it is those ideas that
outlive personalities that define the course of a people or a nation.

Media scholars identify two major functions for the news media:
the credible-informational and the critical-analytical-investigative.
 And there is an often conflicting demand between what is in
public interest and what the public is interested in. Hence, it is
important for not only journalists but also citizens to know the
purpose of journalism.
Communitarianism simply notes that an individual is at least partly defined by his
or her religious/philosophical commitments, community and traditions.
Therefore, it is entirely appropriate to claim that one is a
Hindu/Muslim/Sikh/Christian/atheist etc, and to take legitimate pride in one’s
community or be ashamed of it when there is good reason to be.
Communalism is different. Here one’s identity and the existence and interests of
one’s community are viewed, even defined, as necessarily opposed to others. It is
communal to believe or act in a way that presupposes that one can’t be a Hindu
without being anti-Muslim, or vice-versa. Communalism is communitarianism
gone sour. It is to see each other as enemies locked in a permanent war with one
another. Every decent Indian national should be against communalism. But no
one should decry legitimate forms of communitarianism. It is simply wrong to
conflate communitarianism with communalism.