1 TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM Project coordinator and author Prof Rakesh Sinha India Policy Foundation Hauz Khas, New Delhi 2 Publisher: INDIA POLICY FOUNDATION, D-51, First Floor, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 Edition First, 2009 © India Policy Foundation Price : Rs. 80/- (Rupees Eighty) Printer : Graphic World, Darya Ganj, New Delhi-2 Email :
[email protected] Terrorism and the Indian Media by Rakesh Sinha Published by India Policy Foundation D-51, Hauz Khas, New Delhi-110016 3 TERRORISM AND THE INDIAN MEDIA A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE APPROACH OF ENGLISH, HINDI AND URDU NEWSPAPERS TOWARDS TERRORISM A research Project of India Policy Foundation (IPF) Project Coordinatorand author Prof. Rakesh Sinha, Associate Professor, Political Science, Motilal Nehru College (E), Delhi University; Hony. Director, India Policy Foundation. His publications include Dr K B Hedgewar (a biography), Shri Guruji and Indian Muslims, Rajanitik Partrakarita, Roti Razgar aur Rajya Ka smapradayikaran (A review of Sachar Committee) Research Team and Co-writers 1 Shri Manmohan Sharma Aseasoned journalist 2 Shri Priyadarsi Dutta A writer and Visiting Fellow, IPF 3 Shri Rajeev Kumar Student of Political Science and Research Associate, IPF 4 FOREWORD Terrorism is agitatiting the whole world as an acute problem. And Most importantly it has assumed an organized from. It has created a deadly network at international level by exploiting the I-T revolution. India has witnessed an exponential rise in the acts of terror in recent years. The Terror attack in Mumbai in November 2008 has unveiled the horrendous face of terrorism.