THELIGHTOFANDAMANS: Home Minister Visits ATR

Monday, January 30, 2012

Home Minister Visits ATR

THE LIGHT OF ANDAMANS | VOL 35 | ISSUE 25 | 27 JAN 2012

Home Minister Visits ATR

By Staff Reporter

The Home Minister P Chidambaram on the final day of his visit met the villagers of Sippighat and Tushnabad and also drove along Andaman Trunk Road upto Chowdhary Gumai, where the controversial Jarawa Dance Video was shot. From reliable sources, it has been learnt that he interacted with the ground staff of AAJVS and discussed various issues related with Jarawas. It is learnt that he was of the view that tourism on Andaman Trunk Road should be stopped.

He did not disturb the Jarawas and refused to meet them. He had also met the ground staff of AAJVS separately and sought their suggestions about the future course of action regarding Jarawas. Later speaking to the media he had made it clear that the Govt has no plans imposing anything on Jarawas.

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The Light of Andamans’ was born out of the zeal and determination to fight against the suffocating Kafkaesque atmosphere on the society that existed even after 30 years of Independence under bureaucratic rule. It was a hangover of the ‘Raj’that extended much too long in the Islands.

The Light of Andamans’ was started in 1975. The paper had always been a crusader, taking up the causes that no other newspaper would touch. In doing so, it very often stepped on the toes of the authorities and had to face persecution in the form of denial of advertisements and numerous court cases against it. For a small stint, the publication came to a halt in 2003.

Gezira Publications Private Limited took over the paper in the year 2005 and transferred the title in a bid to revive the second oldest newsmagazine from extinction and also to carry forward the mission.

The Newsmagazine, under the new management, has undergone a sea change both in form and content. It turned into a full-fledged tabloid with 10 pages with plenty of photographs making both pleasing to the eyes and soothing for the mind. “It has acquired a position where it influences the policies in vital matters concerning the development of the islands, protection of aboriginal tribes and addressing the problems of the disadvantaged groups. The newsmagazine is known and appreciated for its bold, free, fair and balanced reporting.”

Late Govinda Raju and his team worked very hard to rebuild the reputation, goodwill and a healthy new image of the newsmagazine brick by brick. After the demise of Mr Raju in 2010, the magazine is now being edited by Zubair Ahmed and published by Basudev Dass. The newsmagazine continues its mission of highlighting policy issues pertaining to the Islands.