The wise have long said that speaking truth to power is the essence of democracy to render power truthful and truth, powerful. I was just revisiting a collection of translated poems in Tamil and was amazed to read the Malaysian poet, Cecil Rajendra’s work against the state’s crushing of voices of dissent, and circulation of half-truths — mirroring the ongoing sociopolitical scene in India. Bold journalists, creative cartoonists and honest newspersons must continue to enlighten people in a worrying scenario (OpEd page, ‘From the Readers’ Editor’, September 14).
S.V. Venugopalan,
Chennai
