GUWAHATI, ASSAM, INDIA , October 29, 2019 (By Francois Gautier, IT News): “Hinduism is the only religion today that accepts and respects all the other religions and Hindus are descendants of one of the most ancient civilization in human history, but there are many Western journalists and correspondents who are still biased against India.” So said Francois Gautier, an India-based senior French journalist, during an interactive session with Guwahati-based scribes on October 26, 2019, through video-conferencing. He asserted that the Western media should at least respect the country with the wisest past and which still gives birth to humans with wonderful qualities. Himself a regular contributor to various international publications including several from France, Gautier argued that the foreign correspondents are normally assigned for four to five years in India and that is not enough for understanding a country which is so vast and diverse.
Shockingly, the Indian journalists who regularly write for Western media outlets normally follow the guidelines of their editors and they don’t hesitate to paint a negative image of their own country explained Gautier. “India is never in the news in the West unless there is some major catastrophe or huge elections.” Thus, if anyone wants to write for those publications, he or she has to find stories that might often border on the sensational, marginal and even misleading,” commented the outspoken journalist, who has lived in India for many decades now. Speaking about Hindu tolerance, Gautier opined that it has been a one-way traffic for the Hindus as they experienced cruel genocides in the sad history of humanity. But Hindus have shown extreme tolerance and Hinduism is the only religion that never tried to convert others. Hence Gautier believes that the Indian history should be rewritten and he has reasons to explain.
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