Liberty & Rights : IIPM goes Mainstream
IIPM vs Free Speech issue has crossed the 'divide' and is now gracing the pages of the mainstream media.
- BusinessWorld has an indepth look at the matter and the conclusions are the obvious.
Meanwhile, "Professor" Chaudhuri decided to pay a visit to the editors of various media houses to present his side of the case. He visited Businessworld and invited it to conduct its own examination of the IIPM facilities and his credentials. He promised to provide all documentary evidence to prove the veracity of his claims. However, he also pointed out that his advertisements were models of careful wording.Businessworld's investigation: At the outset we must confess that despite his claims of providing us with all help, neither Chaudhuri nor his head of corporate communications, Amit Saxena, provided us with the details we had asked for.
- Business Standard's columnist Kanika Datta posting from New Delhi writes:
Also to the point, none of this does IIPM the slightest bit of credit, nor does it enhance its reputation. If it wants to defend itself with dignity and credibility, the institution would do well to set up a blog of its own rebutting the facts in the JAM piece and publicly dissociating itself from the more injudicious comments of its enthusiastic alumni. The Net is increasingly becoming a pain point for corporations, especially large multinationals in controversial businesses. If there is a larger lesson for them in this incident, it is how not to deal with negative stories
- Indian Express, true to its style reports under the headline, 'Bloggers join hands against B-school'.
- Outlook has a two page article in its print edition, web edition awaited, reports Desipundit.
My initial posts were a sort of cryptic advisory for the IIPM executives to heed: STFU and wait for the storm to abate. But they decided to ride the storm to ever high publicity. And now they are reaping it.
It won't be long before IIPM will have a law suit in its hands. Larger the bully, heavier the fall.
The Indian Blogospace has fared well and has come out strong from this issue. Truly, if this is a preview of what to come, then we sure live in interesting times!
Before the heat goes down, the next issue would be to counter corrupt politicians, Pakistan over Kashmir and terrorism and the scrouge of Bribery in India's Babudom.
Also, the 'Right to Information' act is going to change the scope of Indian Blogosphere. Expect some real bomb shells soon!
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