Decoding Ved Pratap Vaidik – Saeed Meeting By Deepak Parvatiyar July 16, 2014 Before I analyse, I must acknowledge Ved Pratap Vaidik’s seniority as a journalist. He has held all those coveted positions that a budding journalist aspires for. Decades ago when he joined the profession, journalism for many was more of a mission than a profession – a mission to spread awareness, educate, and be a fierce arbiter of probity in public life …till things changed and market considerations took over that space. Vaidik himself vouches for press freedom and declares himself to be a ‘free’ person. Over the years he has cultivated a good readership for his writings. But he stirred a controversy after he tweeted from Pakistan the photograph of his meeting with Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, the dreaded head of Jama’at-ud-Da’wah – banned as a terrorist organisation by India, the United States, Russia, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Australia. The United Nations has placed sanct
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