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    • Undue publicity
    This is with reference to 'Book on Radia is an Ananth Kumar affair' (May 18).We seek to know whether DNA has attempted a book review or is it a mere news report riding on the bandwagon of sensationalism that is being associated of late with the name 'Nira Radia'. We feel it is so because we believe that your report would have differed if you had actually reviewed the book. A book worth Rs600 should give a reader a true value for money and should not be the mere re-production of the already published transcripts which are mere tools to create sensation and can hardly be considered as validated proofs of any cognisable crime under the law of the land. Full of factual errors and self contradictions, the book is of very poor quality that hardly deserves any coverage in esteemed publications like yours. Before you give books like the one concerned some undue publicity totally free of cost, it would also be advisable to check the credentials of the author. We appeal to you to refrain from giving these machineries any undeserving publicity and use your good senses before you give them any editorial consideration.

    —Rahul Srivastava, via email

     

    II

    This is with regard to 'Book on Radia is an Ananth Kumar affair' (May 18). After reading the article, I was a bit shocked. I really do not see any news value or news worthiness to the aforementioned article for readers like us. When I searched for the author's profile on the internet, it was even more appalling - the so-called criminal lawyer-cum-author of this book was involved with the notorious BMW hit-and-run case. This is enough to discredit his seemingly personal vendetta via a badly written book with unresearched content laced with narrations based out of figments of his sinister imagination. There is also the disciplinary action against him by the Delhi high court and he has been barred from continuing his legal practice by the judiciary. Hence, I would sincerely urge DNA to abstain from giving undue importance to such work.

    —Dheeraj Dash, via email

     

    III

    This is concerns 'Book on Radia is an Ananth Kumar affair' (May 18). I was a bit taken aback to see it being filed as a news item in DNA for two reasons: first, the author has highly questionable credentials - he was infamously caught on camera in a sting operation while trying to influence the judiciary process in the BMW case for a huge monetary consideration. He was found guilty by the Supreme Court, and barred from practicing in any court of law in the country. Secondly, he has written a book on Nira Radia's "alleged" close links with a former civil aviation minister. It appears that the author and the publisher have simply tried to "cash-in" on the interest generated in the wake of the wide coverage given by a section of the media to Nira Radia's alleged phone conversations with the high and the mighty. As a general reader, I am baffled to see a newspaper of such high repute giving unnecessary and unwarranted publicity to such a book, which has indulged in character assassination on the basis of concocted stories and hearsays.

    —Kuppuswamy Shetty, via email

     

    IV

    Apropos 'Book on Radia is an Ananth Kumar Affair' (May 18), it is an attempt to attract eyeballs with some sensational information about an individual. The article looks similar to a book review packaged as a news report for obvious attention and that too with Ms Radia's photo in it. Usually book reviews, if that was attempted, should have had the photo of the author. The piece was created for triggering some sensation. It is shocking and funny to learn that the Union portfolios change on the basis of some personal complaints by some minister's spouse. And, it is also advisable to crosscheck the author's credentials before reviewing his work and publishing the same. His close association with the notorious BMW hit-and-run case is an example by itself. He has been charged for disciplinary action by the Delhi high court and has been barred from continuing his legal practice by the judiciary. I would make an earnest request not to give undue publicity to some book that has been published for creating sensation.

     

    Source: DNA

     
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