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DIRECTOR'S NOTE

Click-baiting took an ugly form last month with the usually sane "The New
Indian Express" printing this awful headline “Dalit outreach with Ilaiyaraaja’s
Padma.” published on Republic day no less, the newspaper came across as a
torchbearer for regression in India. We stand by with our media brethren Scroll,
The News Minute, The Quint and many others who named and shamed The New
Director, Strategy and Planning Indian express for its pretentious attempt at journalism.
Ajay Prabhakar We would also like to call out the ugliness in Tamil Cinema that soon followed
after Director Bharathiraja, who professed he knew nothing of the issue, went
Director, Business Development on to accuse Ilayaraja of "behaving like a Brahmin." This incident reminds us
Pragash VM of how MS Subalakshmi accused of the same thing by TM Krishna only a couple
of months ago. Is this a curious case of "Great Minds Think Alike" or is it that
"Fools seldom differ?", We will let you be the judge. For us though, musician
Director, Marketing & Operations Ilayaraja has brought us enormous joy through his music, and we are thrilled
Sneha Ramesh that The Padma Vibhushan award given to him. We will continue to celebrate
great music irrespective of where it comes from.
Editorial Advisor For the New Indian Express we have a couple of suggestion: Consider printing
Nikila Srinivasan an apology that equals in length to your original article. It's a small price to pay
for recouping some of the severe blow to your reputation.
Creative Director For Celebrated Director Bharathiraja who remains silent on other issues he is
probably ignorant of (like caste-based honor killings), we request him to extend
George Vedamanickam this courtesy to all issues he is ignorant of.

For the rest of us, I recommend developing a thick skin against regressive
Creative Designer luminaries who unfortunately dominate our political space and our radio waves
Manasi Doshi and prevent them from getting our mindshare as well.

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