Shekhar Gupta quits Indian Express, Rajdeep and Sagarika to go on leave

New Delhi, 2 June, 2014

Lot of people on social media describe this as ‘Congress Mukt Media’ development.

Shekhar Gupta quits

Shekhar Gupta the editor-in-chief of the national daily-The Indian Express has resigned. In his mail to all Indian Express employees he said “while goodbye notes can be heartwarming or heartbreaking, this is one such occasion when it is both.I say goodbye now with joy because I leave behind a wonderfully vibrant newsroom with very good hands of home-grown leaders. And a newspaper that defines its value and power in terms of its depth, credibility and respect. There is no higher currency, no fairer denominator of a newspaper’s stature.I started at the same paper as a reporter in 1977 and worked here for a full 25 years in two innings.Smugness is the beginning of old age, even if you are in your teens, which I, regrettably, am not.”

Gupta ends his letter quoting Gulzar –
“Din dhale jahan, raat paas ho,
Zindagi ki lau, oonchi kar chalo,
Yaad aaye gar kabhi, jee udaas ho,
Meri awaz hi pehchan hai ”

News Minute reports that Goenkas may regain control over Indian Express. There were rumors on social media about Swapan Dasgupta’s appointment as new editor of the Indian Express.

Rajdeep Sardesai and Sagarika Ghose go on leave

Network 18 group, IBN News Network editor-in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai and his wife and Deputy editor Sagarika Ghose will go on long leave from Tuesday. They are not likely to return. Sardesai is likely to write a book. Hindustan Times reports that news operations will be led by managing editor Vinay Tewari and news director Radhakrishnan Nair