Thank God, we don't publish tabloids, like in Hong Kong, which run reviews of brothels and prostitutes and specialize in spicy red light coverage.  The Oriental Daily News and Apple Daily are reported to be having more contents on sexuality and their circulation is over 15 lakh copies a day. We had monthlies  ‘Confidential Advisor' in early 70's and ‘Debonair' in early 90s but were no patch on Playboy and Penthouse.

Thank God, the Indian government does not plant stories in national and regional dailies or tabloids on journalists whose work is critical to the government but in Peru journalists are often subjected to critical attacks.  The matter is so alarming that Peru's judiciary had to suspend prison sentences and fines for criminal defamation of journalists.

Thank God, India is not considered to be dangerous for working journalists but   Columbia in Latin America is not considered to be a safe zone for the newsmen.  The highly trained left-wing guerillas ‘relish' killing journalists or kidnapping them for getting even with the authorities.

Thank God, Indian newspapers do not have much libel cases in their kitty but media barons in Ireland, surprisingly, have allocated a separate budget of almost 40 per cent of their annual revenue to cover settlement cases in and outside courts.

Thank God, Indian journalists have the liberty to write critical editorials or pen evidences against the wrong doing of an individual no matter to which class he belongs to but in Japan there are some listed taboo subjects on which no criticism is allowed and one such sensitive area is the Royal Family.

Thank God, Indian journalism is free and fearless, a sure sign of an effective democracy. And journalists here continue in their Endeavour to herald a national awareness on important subjects which interest the people of India.