“Surely, the Air Chief Marshal deserved a mention in the national editions. For your information, the Air Chief was a World War II veteran and the face of secular India in more decent times. One of the elements of journalism that I have been stressing on for half a decade is the significance of obituaries. And for my former editor, Vinod Mehta, I explored the idea of chequebook journalism in my ombuds-obit (“A rare exception to chequebook journalism”, March 16, 2015). Metaphor for nation-buildingAir Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif did more than serve the armed forces with distinction.

Source: The Hindu May 06, 2018 18:46 UTC