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Vineet Narain
is a journalist
and his efforts
must have revealed
the biggest
scam of Indian
history.
CNN,
Jan 1996
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Narain
is hailed in some
quarters today
as India's answer
to Carl Bernstein
and Bob Woodword,
the journalists
who unraveled
the Watergate
Scandal.
The
Statesman, April
13, 1996
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"Mr.
Vineet
Narain,
Editor,
Kalchakra
has
been
one
of
the
courageous
journalists
who
has
done
much
at
personal
risk
to
expose
corruption
in
many
fields
of
our
national
life.
His
conviction
to
fight
corruption
is
so
strong
that
in
last
two
years
he
went
beyond
the
usual
limits
of
journalism
and
showed
exemplary
courage
to
expose
corruption
also
in
the
higher
judiciary.
His
efforts
have
brought
the
issue
of
misuse
of
the
Contempt
of
Courts
Act
into
focus.
During
my
tenure
as
the
Chairman,
Press
Council
of
India,
I
have
closely
observed
the
work
of
Mr.
Narain
and
I
admire
him
for
his
tireless
crusades
without
any
expectation
for
reward
or
recognition
from
the
established
opinion
makers.
I
wish
him
a
bright
future
and
hope
that
he
will
continue
to
inspire
new
generation
of
journalists
with
his
outstanding
contribution
to
Indian
society". |
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Justice
P. B. Sawant
Chairman
Press Council
of India
Ex. Judge,
Supreme
Court of
India
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He
could have
been purchased
but he was
an upright
and fearless
fighter.
He could
have been
eliminated
but he was
god fearing.
Life has
not been
easy for
Vineet Narain. |
Indian
Express,
March 18,
1996
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any other
country, it
would have
been a sensational
expose. In
India, it
barely creates
ripples. |
The
Economist,
September
16, 1995
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For
two years
nothing
happened.
Then journalist
Vineet Narain
received
photocopies
of pages
in the Jain
notebooks
from a source.
It didnt
take cryptographic
genius to
crack Jains
code or
to realise
the importance
of the story.
& He
produced
a report
for his
magazine
format video
cassette
Kalchakra,
but the
programme
was blocked
by Indian
Censors
for nearly
three months.
It was finally
realized
in November
1993.. The
problem
was that
Jains notebooks
smeared
members
of most
parties.
My battle,
Narain says,
was against
everyone. |
Time,
January
29, 1996
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None
was willing
to publish
the names
because
of the legal
repercussions
and political
fallout.
The Editor-in-Chief
of Kalchakra,
a video
magazine,
Mr. Vineet
Narain filed
a Public
Interest
Petition
in the Supreme
Court forcing
the CBI
to admit
the existence
of a Diary. |
The
Tribune,
March, 9,
1995 |
The
Court case
stemmed
from a public
interest
petition
filed last
year by
Mr. Vineet
Narain,
a leading
journalist,
asking the
court to
examine
the CBI
investigation
into the
affairs
of Mr. Surendra
Jain, a
New Delhi
businessman
with extensive
political
contacts
who is specialized
in arranging
power station
contracts. |
Financial
Times, December
1, 1994 |
Naturally,
there is
great scepticism
about how
much headway
individual
crusaders
like Narain
can make
against
the forces
arrayed
on the other
side. But
having brought
the matter
this far,
Narain an
engaging
personality
who claims
to derive
his entire
motivation
from an
intense
spirit of
devotionalism
knows there
is no turning
back. |
Frontline,
March 25,
1995
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At
the pinnacle
of the PIL
lobby is
video-journalist,
Vineet Narain,
41, architect
of the three-year-long
Jain Hawala
case saga.
The case
entered
legal folklore
by throwing
up an array
of issues. |
India
Today, July
28, 1997
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“Any
busines
venture
will
intially
have
problems
and
has
to
be
supported
for
two
to
three
years
before
it
is
noticed
enough
to
make
an
impact.”
Karan
Thapar
(Eyewitness)
“We
will
always
remain
an
independents
channel
of
making
people
aware
of
their
rights,
highlighting
and
criticizing
the
wrongs
of
the
system
irrespective
of
who
is
running
it.”
Vineet
Narain
(Kalchakra)
“We
are
not
a
business
house
dabbling
in
the
media
to
gain
clout.
The
media
is
our
business,
so
why
should
we
remain
in
business
unless
it
is
making
money.”
Madhu
Trehan
(Newstrack)
(The
Pioneer,
October
17,
1992)
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